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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • German : Army of the people

Boy name variations

Dieter

Dieter

- 14% this year
Masculine
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Deyter

Deyter

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from the personal names Detert or Dethard, Low German variants of Diethard, composed of Old High German diot ‘people’, ‘nation’ + hart ‘strong’.
  • Possibly an altered spelling of Dieter.

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