DESMOND  

Gender: M
Origin: Latin
Meaning: "all creation"

Popularity in 2008: #413

Well used in England and Ireland but neglected here, this sophisticated and debonair name, with noble ties to Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bishop Desmond Tutu and with several appealing nicknames, is definitely worth considering.

Variations:
Des, Desi, Desmund, Desy, Dez, Dezi, Desmond, Esmond

Desmond is being discussed in our message boards:

• Please help me!
• Triple A, Triple B, Triple C...Boys!
• Names heard about town in the last week or so
• A/Z Twins
• Names from about 1940

Read Nameberry blog posts about Desmond:

• FAMILY NAMES: All-of-a-kind baby naming
• NAMEBERRY FAVES II: THE BOYS' NAMES NAMEBERRYITES LOVE MOST