Diamond - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Diamond \

, also used as boy's name Diamond, is pronounced DIE-mund. It is of English origin, and its meaning is "of high value; brilliant". The gemstone first used as a given name in the 1890s. The gem is the birthstone for April.

Diamond has 5 variant forms: Diamanda, Diamanta, Diamante, Diamonique and Diamontina.

For more information, see also the related name Emerald.

A baby name that sounds like Diamond is Demanda.

Diamond is a somewhat common first name for women (#2283 out of 4276) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#1648 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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