📖 About Diarmaid
Diarmaid is the Scottish Gaelic spelling of Diarmuid, meaning "free from envy." The mythological Diarmaid Ua Duibhne, tragic lover of Gráinne and ancestor of Clan Campbell, makes it a living link to Celtic heroic tradition.
📍 Details
- OriginIrish, Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Gender♂ Male
- MeaningWithout envy; free from jealousy
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⭐ Famous People
- Diarmaid Ua Duibhne — Legendary warrior of the Fianna in Irish mythology, whose beauty and tragic love affair with Gráinne forms one of the greatest tales in Celtic literature
- Diarmaid Ferriter — Irish historian and professor at University College Dublin, one of Ireland's best-known public historians and author of acclaimed books on modern Irish history
- Diarmaid MacCulloch — British historian and Professor of Church History at Oxford, author of the definitive Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years and winner of numerous literary prizes