Redmond

Where Redmond comes from

The dictionaries list Redmond as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1889
    Debut at its peak, #878
    #878 among boys with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1947
    Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin born
    Irish film producer
  4. 1947
    Redmond O'Hanlon born
    writer, academic
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Redmond O'Hanlon · writer, academic, born 1947
  • Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin · Irish film producer, born 1947
  • Redmond Barry · Anglo-Australian lawyer and judge, 1813–1880
  • Redmond Prendiville · metropolitan bishop, 1900–1968
  • Redmond Watt · British Army general, born 1950

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.