by Anneza (guest)
7/12/2002, 1:53 AM
Germanic name with two stems, meaning approximately: powerful among the people. Diet = people (see diet-) and rijk = mighty (see -rijk-). Compare Luderik; see also Dirk and Thierry.
OK, I've shown off enough for today - but here in sunny (though chilly) South Africa there's a very pretty bird called a Diederick's Cuckoo because of its call: Dee-dee-diederick!