Dirk

Male given name

Also known as Dirk (given name) · Dirk (first name)

Instance of: male given name

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Dirk is a male given name of Dutch origin. It is a traditional diminutive of the Dutch name Diederik. The meaning of the name is "the people's ruler", composed of þeud ("people") and ric ("power"). Dirk may also be a surname. It is cognate to French Thierry, German Dietrich and Gothic Theoderic.

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Said to be the same as: Derk
Derek
Dick
Dierk
Dik
Derrick
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Different from: Dirk criterion used: given name has to use a different item than disambiguation pages
Native label: Dirk
Script: Latin script
Soundex: D620
Cologne phonetics: 274
Caverphone: TK1111
Family name identical to this given name: Dirk
Language: Dutch
German
Attested in: frequency of first names in the Netherlands, 2010 quotation: Dirk · quantity: 51,025
list of the most frequent given names at birth in Rotterdam (1811–1913) quantity: 5,704 · quotation: Dirk

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