Dietrich

DEE-trish
German
"ruler of the people"

Dietrich Origin and Meaning

The name Dietrich is a boy's name of German origin meaning "ruler of the people".

This form of Theodoric, familiar via Marlene, is a possible German import. It is an Anglicized ancestor of Derek and all its variations. A noted bearer was acclaimed classical German baritone and conductor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and there have been Dietrichs in Henry James's The Princess Casamassima,/em and more recently on the TV show Psych.

Popularity of the name Dietrich

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Famous People Named Dietrich

  • Dietrich Albrecht
    American soccer player
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer
    German pastor and martyr
  • Dietrich Fischer
    Dieskau, German baritone singer
  • Dietrich Eckart
    German politician
  • Dieterich Buxtehude
    Danish,German composer and organist.
  • Dietrich von Hildebrand
    German Catholic philosopher and theologian
  • Wilhelm Dietrich von Buddenbrock
    Prussian field marshal and cavalry leader

The name Dietrich in Pop Culture

  • Gordon Deitrich
    character in film "V for Vendetta"
  • Diedrich Knickerbocker
    the fictional 'author' of Washington Irving's History of New York (1809)
  • Diedrich Hoffendahl
    revolutionary in The Princess Casamassima (1866) by Henry James
  • Dietrich Mannheim
    character on TV's "Psych"
  • Diedrich
    female character in manga/anime "Claymore"

International Variations of the name Dietrich

  • Tiede
    Dutch
  • Diederick
    Dutch
  • Diderick
    Dutch

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