Theodoric

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Pronounced： [ thee-AHD-ə-rik (English) ]
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Usage：History

Meaning & 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.

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EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT CELTIC: Teutorigos

ANCIENT GERMANIC: Theoderich, Theodoricus, Theudoricus, Theutrich, Þiudreiks

DUTCH: Diederick, Diederik, Tijmen

ENGLISH: Dederick, Derek, Derick, Derrick, Deryck

FRENCH: Thierry

GERMAN: Diederich, Dietrich

WELSH: Tudor, Tudur

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

DUTCH: Dick, Diede, Dirk, Tiede, Ties

ENGLISH: Dirk