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Dietmar - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Dietmar

[ syll. die-tmar, di-etm-ar ] The boy name Dietmar is pronounced as DIY-TMaaR KEY. Dietmar is used predominantly in German and its origin is Germanic. Two-element name derived from the words 'theud' and 'meri' with the meanings people, race and great, famous respectively. Theodemar (Latinized) and Theodmarus (Latinized) are original forms of the name. The 12th-century Saint Theodemar was a missionary to the Slavs living near or within Germanic settlement areas after the Migration Period. The name was also borne by the archbishop of Salzburg, Saint Theodmarus (-1102).

Diethmar (German), Thietmar (German), Tim (English and German), Timm (German and English), Timme (German), Timmo (German), and Timo (German, Finnish, and Italian) are variants of Dietmar. The short forms Diemo (German), Thiemo (German), and Thimo (German), and the spelling variants Ditmar (German) and Dittmar (German) are other forms of the name.

Dietmar is not often used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Dietmar include Damir (Slavic), Danior, Ditmar (German), Dittmar (German), Damari (English), Diethmar (German), Demario (English), and Dumitru (Romanian).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Dietmar: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)"


 
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