Forename Dirk

Around the globe, Dirk (Dirk , 德克 , ديرك , and others...) is a widespread boy's forename. The first name Dirk is habitual in Germany, where it is a common male name, Belgium, where it is quite a common masculine name, and New Zealand (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, the name is most common in Germany, South Africa, and the United States. Much less frequently, Dirk is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Dirk

name דרק, name 德里克, name Derek, name דירק, name Dork, name דיק, name Дерек, name Derrick, name Dierk, name Деррик, name デリック, name Dik, name ديك, name Drik, name デレック, name Dietrich, name Didrich, name Theodoric, name 狄克, name Дірк, name Dick, name Дерк, name 德克, name デレク, name 德瑞克, name Dirk, name Dolk, name Dirks, name Diederik, name Дырк, name ดิรก, name Derk, name Dirka, name 迪克, name Дирк, name ديريك, name Theodorik, name Дик, name Дік, name ديرك, name Durk

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Dirk	Germany, South Africa, United States, Netherlands, Belgium
德克	China
ديرك	Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Syria
Дирк	Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine
Дірк	Ukraine
דירק	Israel

First names said to be same

Derek, Derk, Derrick, Dick, Didrich, Diederik, Dierk, Dietrich, Dik, Dirka, Dirks, Dolk, Dork, Drik, Durk, Theodoric, Theodorik, Дерек, Дерк, Деррик, Дик, Дырк, Дік, דיק, דרק, ديريك, ديك, ดิรก, デリック, デレク, デレック, 德瑞克, 德里克, 狄克, and 迪克

First name Dirk in the context

Dirk is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Dirk Pitt , the fictional adventurer, Dirk Pitt; Dirk Cresswell , the fictional character in Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1; Dirk Gently , the fictional character created by Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency; Dirk Savage , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character, Dirk Savage, Mutant Hunter and Dirk Struan , the fictional character, Tai-Pan, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	dirk i, count of holland count in Frisia (b. 875)
	dirk iii hierosolymita Dutch noble, NL (b. 982)
	dirk vi, count of holland Dutch monarch (b. 1114)
	dirk i van voorne 12th century European noble, BE (b. 1135)
	dirk i van wassenaer (1197-1245) (b. 1197)
	dirk i Dutch bishop, NL (b. 1152)
	dirk ii van zeeland van voorne (1170-1228) (b. 1170)
	dirk van teylingen Dutch noble, NL (b. 1180)
	dirk i van valkenburg (1190-1228), DE (b. 1192)
	dirk ii van valkenburg Belgian knight (1221-1268) (b. 1221)
	dirk heer van teylingen heer van alblas waddinxveen en poliën (1225-1282) (b. 1225)
	dirk ii van wassenaer (1260-1300) (b. 1230)
	dirk ii of heinsberg (1232-1303) (b. 1232)
	dirk van brederode heer van doortoge zegwaard en zevenhuizen (1255-1306) (b. 1255)
	dirk ii van brederode Dutch noble (b. 1256)

Characteristic surnames

Uys, Schmidt, Schmitz, Coetzee, Richter, Diggler, Lehmann, Lourens, Janssen, Johnson, Neumann, Hofmann, Fischer, Schäfer, Anderson, Bachmann, Petersen, Hartmann, Hoffmann, Williams, Schröder, Schneider, Schulze, Möller, Müller, Werner, Smit, Meier, Meyer, Smith, Swart, Bauer, Kotze, Lange, Weber, Martin, Schumacher, Miller, Becker, Krause, Peters, Jansen, Jacobs, Thomas, Hansen, Visser, Venter, Wagner, Schulz, and Zimmermann