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.
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Famous People Named Dietrich
- Dietrich AlbrechtAmerican soccer player
- Dietrich BonhoefferGerman pastor and martyr
- Dietrich FischerDieskau, German baritone singer
- Dietrich EckartGerman politician
- Dieterich BuxtehudeDanish,German composer and organist.
- Dietrich von HildebrandGerman Catholic philosopher and theologian
- Wilhelm Dietrich von BuddenbrockPrussian field marshal and cavalry leader
Dietrich in Pop Culture
- Gordon Deitrichcharacter in film "V for Vendetta"
- Diedrich Knickerbockerthe fictional 'author' of Washington Irving's History of New York (1809)
- Diedrich Hoffendahlrevolutionary in The Princess Casamassima (1866) by Henry James
- Dietrich Mannheimcharacter on TV's "Psych"
- Diedrichfemale character in manga/anime "Claymore"