Dirk
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Given Name DIRK

GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Dutch, German, English
PRONOUNCED: DIRK (Dutch, German), DURK (English)   [details]

Meaning & History

Short form of DIEDERIK. The name was popularized in the English-speaking world by actor Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999), who had some Dutch ancestry. This is also the Scots word for a type of dagger.

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Related Names

VARIANTS: Dick, Diede, Ties (Dutch), Dierk (German)
OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES: Teutorigos (Ancient Celtic), Theoderich, Theodoricus, Theudoricus, Theutrich, Þiudreiks (Ancient Germanic), Thierry (French), Durk, Tiede (Frisian), Theodoric (History), Tielo (Medieval German), Tudor, Tudur (Welsh)

Popularity

  United States
not
ranked
2016
  Netherlands
210
2016