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

• 1676 Nameberry 2023

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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