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Short form of DIEDERIK.

DIEDERIK   male   Dutch
Dutch form of THEODORIC.
THEODORIC   male   History
From a Germanic name meaning "ruler of the people", derived from the elements theud "people" and ric "power, ruler". It was notably borne by Theodoric the Great, a 6th-century king of the Ostrogoths who eventually became the ruler of Italy. By Theodoric's time the Ostrogoths were partially Romanized and his name was regularly recorded as Theodoricus. The Gothic original may have been Þiudreiks.
FULL FORMS
DUTCH: Diederick, Diederik, Tijmen
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT CELTIC: Teutorigos
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Theoderich, Theodoricus, Theudoricus, Theutrich, Þiudreiks
DUTCH: Diede, Dirk, Tiede, Ties
ENGLISH: Dederick, Derek, Derick, Derrick, Deryck, Dirk
FRENCH: Thierry
FRISIAN: Tiede
GERMAN: Diederich, Dierk, Dietrich, Dirk, Thilo, Till, Tillo, Tilo
HISTORY: Theodoric
MEDIEVAL GERMAN: Tielo
VARIOUS: Thelonius
WELSH: Tudor, Tudur
OTHER FORMS
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Dedrick
ENGLISH (BRITISH): Tel
ENGLISH: Teri, Terri, Terrie, Terry