Tielo
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- Medieval German
Earlier form of TILO.
 | TILO male German From Tielo, a Low German diminutive of names that began with Diet (for example DIETRICH), from the Germanic element theud meaning "people". Saint Tillo was a 7th-century man of Saxony who was kidnapped and brought to the Low Countries by raiders. After his release he became a Benedictine monk and did missionary work in France. | |||||||||||||||||||
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||
| EQUIVALENTS |
| ANCIENT CELTIC: Teutorigos |
| ANCIENT GERMANIC: Theoderich, Theodoricus, Theudoricus, Theutrich, Þiudreiks |
| DUTCH: Dick, Diede, Diederick, Diederik, Dirk, Tiede, Ties, Tijmen |
| ENGLISH: Dederick, Derek, Derick, Derrick, Deryck, Dirk |
| FRENCH: Thierry |
| FRISIAN: Tiede |
| GERMAN: Diederich, Dierk, Dietrich, Dirk, Thilo, Till, Tillo, Tilo |
| HISTORY: Theodoric |
| VARIOUS: Thelonius |
| WELSH: Tudor, Tudur |
| OTHER FORMS |
| AFRICAN AMERICAN: Dedrick |
| ENGLISH (BRITISH): Tel |
| ENGLISH: Teri, Terri, Terrie, Terry |