Diederik

DiederikGender| Male

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Language(s)| Dutch
Origin
Word/name| From Theodoric
Region of origin| Netherlands, Flanders
Other names
Alternative spelling| Dirk, Diderik, Diederick
Derived| Dirk, Derick, Derek,
Related names| Diderik

Diederik 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 Boomsma (born 1978), Dutch politician
* 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 Jekel (born 1984), Dutch science journalist and television presenter
* 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

## See also

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* Diederik cuckoo, in which Diederik is an onomatopoeic rendition of the bird's call
* Diedrick, given name and surname
* Theodoric

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