Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • German : Army of the people

Boy name variations

Dieter
Deyter

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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