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Dierker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Chris Dierker (born 1994), Vietnamese-American basketball player
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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.
Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of Diederik, the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric.Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of "people-ruler" or "lead the people".
Dick is used as a surname in English, German and other languages. In English, the surname is patronymic based on the use of Dick as a first name, meaning 'son of Dick' or 'son of Richard', just like Dickson. [1]: 240 The name can also be based on the use of the Middle English words dich, diche, dik, dike 'ditch' as a place name description.
Dicker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Cameron Dicker (born 2000), American football player; Cintia Dicker (born 1986), Brazilian model; Fred Dicker (21st century), American radio host
In some cases, both the original name and the dit name were retained, resulting in full-blown double-barrelled names such as Miville-Deschênes. A family's dit name often derived from a personal attribute (Leblond, Leblanc, Leroux), place of origin (St-Onge, Coderre, LeBreton), or profession (Chartier, Meunier, Vanier). [3]
Duiker (pronounced ⓘ) is a Dutch and Afrikaans surname [1] [2] which in both languages means "diver". Notable people with this name include: Itumeleng Duiker (born 1972), Botswana former footballer; Jan Duiker (1890–1935), Dutch architect; K. Sello Duiker (1974–2005), South African novelist; Simon Duiker (1874–1941), Dutch painter