Given name
Detlef
“one who is decisive”
Detlef is used as a given name. One German interpretation is “one who is decisive.”
Original GermanDetlev
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “one who is decisive.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
Detlef’s family of names
In East Central German usage, Detlef has a diminutive in Dett. Detlef has a related form in Detlev. In German usage, Detlef has a related form in Detlev.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Detlef
- Detlef SchrempfGerman basketball player (born 1963)
- Detlef MichelEast German javelin throwerborn 1955
- Detlef HofmannCanoe racerborn 1963
- Detlef Kästnerboxerborn 1958
- Detlef LeweCanoe racer1939–2008
- Detlef RichterEast German bobsledderborn 1956
- Detlef KirchhoffEast German rowerborn 1967
- Detlef UltschEast German judokaborn 1955
- Detlef Okrentfield hockey player (1909-1983)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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