Diamond

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Dïàmônd in DZ Algeria.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Diamond is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi name3.0K records spelled Diamond4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India

  Also written Dîåmöñd

75 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Diamond is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, English common noun meaning “diamond”; used as a given name in the U.S.

  as a name·Tên Họ Người Việt Nam

• In English, A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Croatian, sport u baseballu unutrašnji dio igrališta u obliku kvadrata sa stranicama od o. 27,4 m u čijim se kutovima nalaze baze

  as a word·Hrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 105 years between 1897–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• David Diamondb. 1915USAmerican classical composer (1915-2005)
• I. A. L. Diamondb. 1920USAmerican screenwriter (1920–1988)
• Don Diamondb. 1921USAmerican actor (1921–2011)
• Jared Diamondb. 1937USAmerican scientist, historian, and author (born 1937)
• Peter Diamondb. 1940USNobel prize in economics winner
• Neil Diamondb. 1941USAmerican recording artist; singer-songwriter
• Douglas Diamondb. 1953USAmerican economist and professor of finance
• Lou Diamond Phillipsb. 1962USAmerican actor
• Reed Diamondb. 1967USAmerican actor
• Dustin Diamondb. 1977USAmerican actor, musician, director, and stand-up comedian (1977–2021)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 444 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Diamond?

We estimate roughly 26 thousand people bear Diamond (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Diamond have the most bearers?

Diamond is most frequently recorded in Australia, where it is most often spelled diamond.

What does the name Diamond mean?

Recorded meaning: (i) variant of Dayman, ‘servant of someone called Day’; (ii) from the precious stone, via German/Yiddish names from MHG diemant ‘diamond’.