Dimity

Etymology
The given name is apparently from the name of the light cotton fabric, dimity. However, since it is found primarily as an Irish name, it may have originated as a feminine equivalent of Dermot.

Proper noun

 * 1)  of modern usage.
 * 2) * 1990, Miss Read (Dora Jessie Saint), Friends at Thrush Green, 2002, page 98,
 * 'Raffle books,' she announced.
 * 'What for?' enquired Dimity, feeling for her purse and about to do a vicar's wife's familiar duty.