# Dempsey

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #22,947

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. An extinct town in Bannock County, Idaho, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

## Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Díomasaigh (“descendant of Díomasach”), a byname deriving from díomasach (“proud, arrogant”).

## Easily confused with
- **Dempster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dempsey-vs-dempster)
- **demise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demise-vs-dempsey)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ddempsey`, `demmpsey`, `dempesy`, `demppsey`, `dempseyy`, `dempssey`, `dempsye`, `demspey`, `depmsey`, `dmepsey`, `edmpsey`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dempsey