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Diedrich

Diedrich is a surname from German.

Original GermanDietrich

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Diedrich comes from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From German Diedrich.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Diedrich through the years

Babies since 1880
32
32 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2007
6 babies
2025
0
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0123420002025Highest share 20160.0
Diedrich in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1992–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 190 as a first name in 2020; 3,384 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Diedrich’s family of names

In German usage, Diedrich has a later derivative in DIEDRICK. In German usage, Diedrich has a related form in Dietrich. In Dutch usage, Diedrich has a conventional equivalent in the English form Derek.

Walk Diedrich’s family in the name graph

DiedrichDietrichDiedrickDietrichsDiedrichsenDiedrichsDittrichDitrichDidrichDiettrichDietrichsenDiedrichsonDidrichsonsDidrichsonDidrichsDerekDidrikDiederich

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Nicknames & forms 18

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Across languages 3

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

People named Diedrich

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