Dirk (name)

Dirk is a male first name.

Origin and Meaning

Dirk comes from the Old High German, is a short form of Dietrich, meaning " powerful ruler ( judge ) of the people ( diet ) ."

Dissemination

Before the thirties of the 20th century, the name Dirk was hardly used in Germany. His popularity rose then, so it was in the 1940s and 1950s to the hundred most common boy name. Early 1960s saw the name again a boost in popularity and was in the second half of the decade a number of times among the top 10 boys' names. Then his popularity declined considerably at first gradually, from the 1980s, then back.

Variants

  • Dierk
  • Dierck
  • Dirck
  • Thirk ( oldest form th = d)
  • Dirko
  • Dörk
  • Dirg
  • Derk
  • Derek
  • Ark
  • Dye ( Frisian )

Name-day

  • January 27: St. Theodoric ( Dietrich ) of Orléans
  • April 29: Dietrich von Thoreida
  • July 1: St. Theodoric ( Dietrich ) of Reims
  • July 9: St. Theodore ( Dietrich ) van der Eem
  • September 7: Sel. Dietrich ( Theodoric ) I of Metz
  • September 27: Dietrich I of Naumburg
  • December 12: Sel. Dietrich ( Theodoric ) of Kremsmuenster
  • December 16: Dietrich von Rommersdorf

Bearers of the name

  • Dirk Bach (1961-2012), German actor
  • Dirk Benedict ( born 1945 ), American actor
  • Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999), British actor
  • Dirk Bauer (b. 1957), German basketball coach
  • Dirk Bikkembergs ( born 1959 ), Belgian fashion designer
  • Dirk Caspers (* 1980), German football player
  • Dirk D' Ase (* 1960 ), Austrian composer
  • Dirk " Bela B. " Felsenheimer (* 1962), German musician
  • Dirk Fischer (* 1943), German politician ( CDU)
  • Dirk Frimout ( b. 1941 ), Belgian astronaut
  • Dirk Galuba (* 1940), German actor
  • Dirk van Gunsteren (* 1953), German literary translators
  • Dirk Hamm ( * 1968 ), German film producer
  • Dirk Henn (* 1960), German game designer
  • Dirk Höges (* 1943), German linguist
  • Dirk Kaesler (* 1944), German sociologist and university professor
  • Dirk Kurbjuweit (* 1962), German journalist and writer
  • Dirk Kuyt ( born 1980 ), Dutch footballer
  • Dirk Lange ( b. 1964 ), German political scientist and university teacher
  • Dirk von Lowtzow (* 1971), German musician
  • Dirk Willem Lodewijk van Mierop (1870-1930), Dutch pacifist and anarchist
  • Dirk Niebel (* 1963), German politician ( FDP)
  • Dirk Nowitzki (born 1978 ), German basketball player
  • Dirk Penkwitz (* 1969), German television presenter
  • Dirk Raudies (* 1964), German motorcycle racer
  • Dirk Rossmann ( born 1946 ), German entrepreneur
  • Dirk Sager (1940-2014), German journalist
  • Dirk Schäfer ( b. 1961 ), German director and documentary filmmaker
  • Dirk Schlegel ( * 1961), German football player
  • Dirk Schneider (1939-2002), German politician ( Green )
  • Dirk Schoedon (* 1964), German actor
  • Dirk Sterman (* 1965), German cabaret artist

Swell

  • Male first name
  • Short form ( first name )
  • Scandinavian personal name
Dietrich I of Metz Dirk Bauermann
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