Dirk
Short form of DIEDERIK. The name was popularized in the English-speaking world by actor Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999), who had some Dutch ancestry. This is also the Scots word for a type of dagger.
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| 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 |
| ENGLISH: Dederick, Derek, Derick, Derrick, Deryck |
| GERMAN: Diederich, Dietrich |
| EQUIVALENTS |
| ANCIENT CELTIC: Teutorigos |
| ANCIENT GERMANIC: Theoderich, Theodoricus, Theudoricus, Theutrich, Þiudreiks |
| DUTCH: Dick, Diede, Dirk, Tiede, Ties |
| ENGLISH: Dirk |
| FRENCH: Thierry |
| FRISIAN: Tiede |
| GERMAN: Dierk, 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 |