Diamond (given name)
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. Deimantė, a Lithuanian variant, was the 10th most popular name for baby girls born in Lithuania in 2007.
Usage of the name was occasionally inspired by the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. 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.
The boy hero of the 1871 children's book At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald is named Diamond.
Women
- Diamond DeShields, American basketball player
- Diamond Donner, American stage actress
- Diamond Johnson, American basketball player
- Dymond Simon, American basketball player
- Diamond White, American singer-songwriter and actress
Stage Name
- Zhang Bichen, or called Diamond Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter
- Diamond and Silk, stage name of American conservative political commentators and vloggers Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Hardaway Richardson
- Skin Diamond, stage name of American actress, model, singer-songwriter and pornographic actress Raylin Joy
Men
- Diamond Jenness, New Zealand born Canadian anthropologist
- Diamond Stone, American basketball player
Middle Name
- Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor, director, and writer
Stage Name
- Diamond Platnumz, stage name of Tanzanian singer, dancer, philanthropist and businessman Naseeb Issack
- King Diamond, stage name of Danish rock musician Kim Petersen
Related names
- Diamanda
- Deimantė
- Diamante,