Surname Spotlight: Diamond

Families named Diamond share an English surname with a long history. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “descendant of Daymond (day, protection); dealer in diamonds”. It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Diamond surname had 21,586 bearers. It sits among the 2,500 most common last names in the country. Diamond sounds close to Dumond, so it can help to search both.

If a Diamond family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows. Research your Diamond family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.