Des is a masculine given name, mostly a short form (
hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...
) of
Desmond. People named Des include:
People
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Des Buckingham, English football manager
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Des Corcoran, (1928–2004), Australian politician
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Des Dillon (disambiguation), several people
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Des Hasler (born 1961), Australian rugby league player-coach
* Desmond
Des Kelly (born 1965), British journalist
* Desmond
Des Lynam
Desmond Michael Lynam (born 17 September 1942) is an Irish-born British television and radio presenter. In a broadcasting career spanning more than forty years, he has hosted television coverage of many of the world's major sporting events, pr ...
(born 1942), British television presenter
* Desmond
Des Lyttle (born 1971), English footballer
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Des McLean, Scottish stand-up comedian, actor and presenter
* Desmond
Des O'Connor (1932–2020), British entertainer
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Des O'Connor, Australian rugby league player in the 1970s
* Desmond
Des O'Grady (born 1953), Irish retired Gaelic footballer
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Des O'Hagan (1934–2015), Irish communist
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Desmond O'Malley (1939–2021), Irish politician, government minister and founder and leader of the Progressive Democrats
* Desmond
Des O'Neil (1920–1999), Australian politician
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Des O'Reilly (1954–2016), Australian rugby league player
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Desmond Smith (general) (1911–1991), Canadian major-general
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Des Smith (headteacher), British headteacher embroiled in the Cash for Honours scandal
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Des Smith (ice hockey) (1914–1981), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
* Desmond Sinclair
Des Walker (born 1965), English international footballer
Fictional characters
* Desmond
Des Barnes, in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street''
* Desmond
Des Clarke (Neighbours), in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''
* Desmond
Des Tiny, in the book series ''The Saga of Darren Shan''
See also
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DES (disambiguation)
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Dess (disambiguation)
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Dez (disambiguation)
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Masculine given names
Hypocorisms
Irish masculine given names
English masculine given names