Kermit (given name)
Gender | male |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Irish and Manx |
Meaning | son of Dermot |
Kermit is a male given name found mainly in the United States. It is a variant spelling of Kermode, a surname in the Isle of Man, which itself is a Manx language variant of Mac Diarmata, an Irish language patronymic anglicised MacDermot.[1] The name Kermit came to prominence through Kermit Roosevelt (1889–1943), son of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt,[1] named for Robert Kermit, a maternal great-uncle.[2] The character Kermit the Frog, introduced in 1955, made the name known internationally through the television programs Sesame Street (from 1969) and The Muppet Show (from 1976).
People with the given name Kermit[]
- Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, second wife of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
- Kermit Beahan, U.S. Air Force officer who dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki
- Kermit Blount, former head college football coach at Winston-Salem State University
- Kermit Cintrón, boxer
- Kermit Davis, men's basketball head coach at Mississippi University
- Kermit Driscoll, jazz bassist
- Kermit Erasmus, footballer
- Kermit Goell (1915–1997), American songwriter and archaeologist
- Kermit Gosnell, physician and convicted murderer
- Kermit Hunter, playwright
- Kermit Johnson, football player
- Kermit E. Krantz, physician
- Kermit Love, puppeteer and actor
- Kermit Lynch, wine importer, author, and winemaker
- Kermit Murdock, actor
- Kermit Roosevelt (disambiguation), descendants of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
- Kermit Ruffins, jazz musician
- Kermit Schaefer, writer and producer
- Kermit Smith Jr., convicted and executed murderer
- Kermit Staggers, politician
- Kermit Washington, former NBA basketball player
- Kermit Weeks, aviation enthusiast and collector/restorer
- Kermit Zarley, professional golfer and author
- Kermit Alexander, former American football player
Fictional characters[]
- Kermit the Frog, of Muppets fame
- Kermit the Hermit, a book by Bill Peet
- Kermit William Hodges, the main character in Stephen King's Mercedes trilogy.
References[]
- ^ a b Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 276. ISBN 9780198610601. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ Fallows, Samuel (1901). "Theodore Roosevelt". Life of William McKinley, our martyred president: with short biographies of Lincoln and Garfield, and a comprehensive life of President Roosevelt, containing the masterpieces of McKinley's eloquence, and a history of anarchy, its purposes and results. Chicago: Regan Printing House. p. 363. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
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