Diderik or Didrik is a Norwegian male given name. In North Germanic languages, the native form would be Tjodrik, but Diderik and Didrik have been loaned from Low German and are now a common name in Norway. It may also be a variant of the related Dutch name Diederik. People with the name include:
- Diderik Batens (born 1944), Belgian logician and epistemologist at the University of Ghent
- Diderik Bøgvad (1792–1857), Norwegian politician
- Diderik von Cappelen (1761–1828), Norwegian merchant and politician
- Diderik Hegermann Rye (1832–1914), Norwegian civil servant
- Diderik Hegermann (1763–1835), Norwegian councillor of state and Minister of the Army
- Diderik Schnitler (born 1946), Norwegian businessperson
- Diderik Iversen Tønseth (1818–1893), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party
- Diderik Wagenaar (born 1946), Dutch composer and musical theorist
- Didrik Pining (c. 1430 – 1491), German privateer, nobleman and governor of Iceland
Gender | Male |
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Language(s) | Norwegian |
Origin | |
Word/name | From Theodoric |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Didrik |
Related names | Diederik |