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Dierker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Chris Dierker (born 1994), Vietnamese-American basketball player; Hugh Dierker (1890–1975), American film director and producer; Larry Dierker (born 1946), American baseball player, manager, and broadcaster
most common for informal communication, comparable to Western name-only form of address (Ann, John), or Japanese surname-only, or surname/name -kun: Diminutive: Анька (Anka) short name stem + -к- -k-+ II declension ending: expresses familiarity, may be considered rude when used between people who are not close friends.
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". [citation needed] Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derik, Deryck (included here), as well as [[Derek
It is the 1,513th most common name in Great Britain with 6,545 bearers. Although found in every part of Britain, the form Dick is especially common in Scotland, and it was from there, in the 17th century, that the surname was taken to Northern Ireland. [3] It is most common in West Lothian, where it is the 78th most common surname with 1,742 ...
Saskia is a Dutch feminine given name of uncertain origin. It has been in use since the Middle Ages and is also in occasional use in the Anglosphere. One source word might be the Germanic sachs, meaning Saxon. Saskia van Uylenburgh, wife of the painter Rembrandt, is the best-known bearer of the name. [1] Notable people with the name include:
Harker is an English surname. Some genealogical records show that the origin of Harker comes from the North-West regions of England - North of the Lake District. Speculation is that Harker is the result of the combination of Romanized hyphenation of the surnames Hart or Hare and Kerr. (Hart - a type of stag; Hare - a rabbit; Kerr - a marshland.)
The Dicksons/Dixons (and 30 other derivates) family name was first found in Scotland whilst the Dixons in England who are of Scottish descent from Thomas Dickson living in 1268 are of the same origin as the Scottish Dicksons. Early records show Thomas Dicson, a follower of the Douglas clan, at the re-capture of Douglas Castle in 1307.
Dixon, as is common in England, or Dickson, is a patronymic surname, originating from Thomas de Keith, upon his the ennoblement in 1307. He was the son of Richard Keith in 1307, son of Hervey de Keith , Earl Marischal of Scotland , and Margaret, daughter of the 3rd Lord of Douglas .