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Dietrich - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Dietrich

[ 2 syll. die-tric(h), di-etri-ch ] The boy name Dietrich is pronounced as DIYTRihK KEY. Dietrich is mainly used in German, Romanian, and English. Its language of origin is Gothic. The English Dedrick, the English Dedrik, the English Detrik, the Dutch Diederik, the German Dierck, the German Dieter, the German Dieterich, the German Dietz, the Hungarian Ditrik, and the English and German Till are forms of the name.

In addition, Dietrich is a form of the Dutch and English name Derek in the German and Romanian languages.

Dietrich is also a form of the English name Theodoric in the German and Romanian languages. See also the related forms, the German Thilo and the German and Latinized Theoderich.

Dietrich is not often used as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the family of boy names directly related to Dietrich, the Dutch and English Derek was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Dietrich include the Irish Darach, the English Darcey, the English Darcy, the Greek Dareios, the Polish Darek, the English Darick, the English Darik, the Slavic Darko, the Iranian Daroosh, the English Darrek, the English Darrick, the English Darrik, the English Darsell, the English Darsey, the English Darsy, the Iranian Daryush, the English Dedrick, the English Dedrik, the English Derec, and the Dutch and English Derek.

A famous person named Dietrich is Conductor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, born 28 May 1925, Berlin, Germany.

KEY: Pronunciation for Dietrich: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"


 
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