Diederik
Diederik or Diederick is a Dutch male given name. People with the name include:
- Diederik Aerts (born 1953), Belgian theoretical physicist
- Diederik Bangma (born 1990), Dutch football goalkeeper
- Diederik Boer (born 1980), Dutch footballer
- Diederik van Dijk (born 1971), Dutch politician
- Diederik van Domburg (1685–1736), Dutch governor of Ceylon
- Diederik Durven (1676–1740), Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
- Diederik Foubert (born 1961), Belgian cyclist
- Diederik Jansz. Graeff (1532–1589), Dutch merchant, ship-owner and politician
- Diederik Grit (1949–2012), Dutch translator and translation scholar
- Diederik Hol (born 1972), Dutch design engineer
- Diederik Korteweg (1848–1941), Dutch mathematician
- Diederik Johannes Opperman (1914–1985), Afrikaans poet
- Diederik van Rooijen (born 1975), Dutch film director
- Diederik Samsom (born 1971), Dutch politician
- Diederik van Silfhout (born 1988), Dutch Olympic dressage rider
- Diederik Simon (born 1970), Dutch rower
- Diederik Sonoy (1529–1597), Dutch rebel leader during the Eighty Years' War
- Diederik Stapel (born 1966), Dutch social psychologist
- Diederik Tulp (1624–1682), Dutch merchant
- Diederik Jacob van Tuyll van Serooskerken (1772–1826), Dutch nobleman, later Russian major general and ambassador
- Diederik van Weel (born 1973), Dutch field hockey player
- Diederik Wissels (born 1960), Dutch jazz pianist
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Dutch |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | From Theodoric |
| Region of origin | Netherlands, Flanders |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Diderik, Diederick |
| Nickname(s) | Dirk, Dirck, Dik |
| Derived | Derek, Derick |
| Related names | Diderik |
See also
- Diederik cuckoo, in which Diederik is an onomatopoeic rendition of the bird's call
- Theodoric
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