Diamond is a given name derived from the name of the diamond gemstone. The word is derived from the Greek adamas. The name was among the 1,000 most popular names for newborn girls in the United States between 1986 and 2014 and remains in regular use.[1] Deimantė, a Lithuanian variant, was the 10th most popular name for baby girls born in Lithuania in 2007.[2]
 The name Diamond is taken from the gemstone. | |
| Gender | Unisex |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | "diamond" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Deimantė, Diamanda, Diamanto, Dymond |
Usage of the name was occasionally inspired by the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897.[3] Other jewel names such as Ruby, Pearl, and Opal also first came into wider use in the Anglosphere during the Victorian Era along with other names from the natural world.[4]
The boy hero of the 1871 children's book At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald is named Diamond.
People
edit- Diamond DeShields (born 1995), American basketball player
- Diamond Donner, American actress
- Diamond Stone (born 1997), American male basketball player
- Diamond White (born 1999), American singer-songwriter and actress
- Zhang Bichen (born 1989), or called Diamond Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter
- Diamond Jenness (1886-1969), New Zealand born Canadian (male) anthropologist
- Diamond and Silk
Related names
edit- Diamanda (English)
- Deimantė (Lithuanian)
- Diamante (Latin)
- Diamante (Italian language)
See also
edit- Damond, given name and surname
- Diamond (surname), the surname.
Notes
edit- ^ Mike Campbell. "Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Diamond". behindthename.com. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Statistics Lithuania). (2008-05-13). Įdomioji statistika Archived 2012-11-13 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
- ^ "Diamond - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity".
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 210. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.