Given name

Þiðrik

Þiðrik is a given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Þiðrik comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old Norse Þýðríkr.

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Þiðrik’s family of names

In Icelandic usage, Þiðrik has a conventional equivalent in the French form Thierry. In Icelandic usage, Þiðrik has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Θεοδώριχος. In Icelandic usage, Þiðrik has a conventional equivalent in the English form Derek.

Walk Þiðrik’s family in the name graph

ÞiðrikDerekThierryΘεοδώριχος

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Þiðrik has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.

Old Norse

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Þiðrik, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old Norse

Éric

“always, eternal”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic languages

Érik

Érik is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in French.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Gaelic

Ulick

“little William; son of William”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Eoric

Eoric is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Old English.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Mckittrick

“victory” · “true”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Øivin

“luck, good fortune” · “victor, victorious lord”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Øyvinn

“luck, good fortune” · “victor, victorious lord”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Øivinn

“luck, good fortune” · “victor, victorious lord”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Þiðrik’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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