Kermit

KUR-mit

Irish, variant of Diarmaid/Dermot

"without injunction, without envy"

Kermit Origin and Meaning

The name Kermit is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "without injunction, without envy".

Kermit was a Top 500 name until the 1960s, not coincidentally the decade in which Kermit the Frog made it a one-person (well, one-frog) name.

Derived from the Irish surname Mac Diamada, itself from the given name Diarmaid or Dermot, Kermit is a Manx form, meaning "without injunction" or "without envy".

Historically, Kermit is known via Kermit Roosevelt, soldier and explorer son of President Theodore Roosevelt, while more recent bearers have been pilot and aviation enthusiast Kermit Weeks, basketball player Kermit Washington, and soccer player Kermit Erasmus.

Still, in the US, is it very much the frog's name and only used on a tiny handful of boys each year. But could it be revived? Fellow Sesame Street name Grover has seen a increased use in the US, while over in the UK, other once children's TV character names Ernie and Barney are being reconsidered.

Could Kermit 'Kit' sell the name? Time will tell, but for now, there is similar Kurtis and Irish Dermot.

Kermit Rank in US Top 1000

# 997 in the US

Kermit Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1240 on Nameberry

Kermit Popularity

• 1240 Nameberry 2025

20 Names Similar to Kermit

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• Hoyt
• Filbert
• Grover
• Clifford
• Hobbes
• Laird
• Randolph
• Ahmet
• Cliff
• Elmo
• Clem
• Newton
• Merle
• Herbert
• Jotham
• Beacon
• Clancy
• Nemo
• Lou
• Linetta

Famous People Named Kermit

• Kermit Roosevelt son of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
• Kermit "Kim" Roosevelt Jr., American CIA analyst; grandson of the president
• Kermit Roosevelt III American academic and author; great,grandson of the president
• Kermit Ruffins American jazz trumpeter
• Kermit Maynard American actor and stuntman
• Kermit Cintron Puerto Rican boxer
• Kermit Alan Washington American basketball player
• Kermit Ernest Hollingshead Love American Muppet puppeteer
• Kermit Weeks American aviator
• Kermit Murdock American actor
• Kermit Romeo Erasmus South African footballer
• Kermit Millard Zarley Jr., American golfer

Kermit in Pop Culture

• Kermit the Frog Muppet character
• Kermit minor character on TV's "Shameless"
• "Kermit the Hermit " children's book about a crab by Bill Peet
• Kermit Italian greyhound of Youtuber Jenna Marbles