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 [ syll. (t)heo-do-ric, th-eodor-ic ] The boy name Theodoric is pronounced -THIYahD-RihK KEY. Theodoric's origin is Gothic, and its use, English. The name is of the meaning 'ruler of the people'. Two-element name derived from thiuda meaning 'people, race' ; reiks meaning 'rich, powerful, ruler'. Theodoric the Great (454-526) was a king of the Ostrogoths who also ruled over northern Italy. He was widely celebrated in European folklore, thereby spawning many variants of his name in different languages. To the Visigoths, he was known as Thiudareiks (Gothic); to the Romans, Flavius Theodoricus (Latin); to the Germans, Dietrich (Germanic); and to the English, Theodric (Old English). The latter developed into the name Theodoric by association with the name Theodore. Among English speakers, the name Theodoric has been adopted since the 18th century. Theodoric has 16 variant forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. Variant forms of Theodoric used in English include Derek (used in Dutch too), Derk (used in Dutch too), Derrick, Dietrich (used in German and Romanian too), Ric, Rick, Ricky (used in Spanish too), Ted, Teddie, Teddy, Terrie, and Terry. Teodorico (Italian), Theoderich (German and Latinized), Theodericus (German and Latinized), and Thierry (French) are foreign variant forms of Theodoric. Theodoric is an infrequently used baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly linked to Theodoric, Derek (Dutch and English) was the most popular. Baby names that sound like Theodoric include Tarcisio (Italian), Tareek (English), Teodors (Latvian), Theodoros (Greek), Theodorus (Dutch), Tyrese (English), Tyrieek (English), Tarick (English), Tarik (Albanian, Arabic, English, Indian, and Turkish), Tariq (Albanian, Arabic, English, and Turkish), Taurus (English), Teodorek (Polish), Teodorico (Italian), Teresio (Italian), Theoderich (German and Latinized), Tracey (English), Tracy (English), Tyrik (English), Tyriq (English), and Tarek (Albanian, Arabic, and Turkish). KEY: approx pronunciation for Theodoric: TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"   |
