Given name · also German
Dětřich
“ruler of the people”
Dětřich is a masculine given name from Middle High German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Czech and Old Czech.
Original GermanDietrich
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dětřich goes back to a word meaning “ruler of the people.”
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Where it comes from
Dětřich comes from Middle High German, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle High German Dietrîch, from Old High German Diotrīh, from Proto-West Germanic *Þeudurīk, from Proto-Germanic *Þeudōrīks, built from Proto-Germanic *þeudō + *rīks.
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Dětřich’s family of names
In Old Czech usage, Dětřich has a diminutive in Dětříšěk. In Czech usage, Dětřich has a conventional equivalent in the Dutch form Dirk. In Czech usage, Dětřich has a conventional equivalent in the French form Thierry.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Dětřich has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
8 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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