Dermot: yay or nay?

ateach · May 2014

Hubby and I both like this for a boy. He is really set on Irish names and this was one of a very few we could agree on. Thoughts?

Jags8 · May 2014

Ehhhhh I don't like it

KTZ17 · May 2014

Sounds like a last name to me & makes me think of Dean McDermott. I think there are better Irish names out there.

ateach · May 2014

I try to avoid the last name as first name trend, but our first favorite was Cormac and everyone we mentioned it to said "Oh, like McCormick spices?" So.. maybe we do like last names as first and don't know it! ha!

plunderb · May 2014

It's a legit name and this spelling is easier to pronounce than others. I don't think it is particularly lovely, but that's just personal preference. Don't mind it on someone else's kid. I like Cormac much better, though.

Did you consider
Desmond
Declan
Lachlan
Cedric

ateach · May 2014

plunderb said:

It's a legit name and this spelling is easier to pronounce than others. I don't think it is particularly lovely, but that's just personal preference. Don't mind it on someone else's kid. I like Cormac much better, though. Did you consider Desmond Declan Lachlan Cedric

We love Cormac so much, but got the "McCormick spice" comment too much when we were pregnant with #1.

Desmond- I would consider this. I'll have to ask DH

Declan- too trendy where we are from- know tons of Declans- even though I do like it

Lachlan- seems like a girl's name to me for some reason

Cedric- associate with Cedric the Entertainer- not bad, but not really for me

Thank you for the suggestions!

sunny1310 · May 2014

Nope

Havana2014 · May 2014

In terms of the last name thing - it's the other way around. McDermott, for example comes from the first name and means 'son of Dermot'.

What about the Irish for Dermot- Diarmuid?

I'm not crazy about Dermot as a name. Love Cormac.

juliad2010 · May 2014

Nay

theimpossibleastronaut · May 2014

I agree that it sounds like a last name.

HopingforChange · May 2014

I don't care for it, but it's a fine name to use if you and DH like it.

genromeo · May 2014

Sounds like of like a synonym for doofus to me. (I know it's not). I like Cormac better too ... and I think of Cormac McCarthy, not the spices.

DanandVan · May 2014

My first instinct is to pronounce it French, Derm-oh. Also, sounds like a skincare product, as "derm" = skin

==N== · May 2014

I feel like Im trying to say Dermatitis without the -itis.

However, its not THAT bad. So if you like it go for it. I dont like it but I wouldnt side eye it either.

macchiatto · May 2014

I really dislike it; it just has an odd sound to me. I agree with pp's that it sounds like it could be a synonym for doofus or something along those lines and also that it reminds me of dermatitis. Sorry!

Pepper6 · June 2014

I think of Dermott Mulroney, so I don't mind it. I like the sound of Desmond or Declan better, but Dermott is still a fine choice.

diamondduck13 · June 2014

Meh. Something about it feels awkward, like, as PP said, I find myself wanting to drop the t sound or otherwise alter it because Dermot just doesn't feel right

RebeccaS6627 · June 2014

I think this is a perfectly fine Irish name. Not my favorite, but I do like it.

Melissa2216 · June 2014

Am I saying this right? Does it rhyme with "Kermit"? Because that's all I think of when I hear that name.

queenbone · June 2014

Pepper6 said:

I think of Dermott Mulroney, so I don't mind it. I like the sound of Desmond or Declan better, but Dermott is still a fine choice.

+1

anna&nicholas · June 2014

genromeo said:
Sounds like of like a synonym for doofus to me. (I know it's not). I like Cormac better too ... and I think of Cormac McCarthy, not the spices.

This.