A male given name from Germanic languages from Dutch or Low German
Origin
Of Dutch origin, from Middle Dutch Diederic, from Old Dutch *Thiodarīk, from Frankish *Theodarīk, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Þeudarīks. Compare with Derek, Theodoric.
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