# Deters

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The [German](/source/Germany) [family name](/source/Family_name) "**Deters**" is of [patronymic](/source/Patronymic) origin, meaning it was inspired by the father of the initial bearer. In this instance it means "Son of Deter",[citation needed] the latter being a shortened version of the old Germanic name "Diethard" which was derived from [Old High German](/source/Old_High_German) words "Diot", meaning "people", and "Harbi" meaning "hard" or "tough".[citation needed]

Early references to the surname "Deters" include a record of Johann Deters, the son of Jochim Deters who was [Christened](/source/Baptism) on 22 November, 1686 in Ruhn, [Mecklenburg](/source/Mecklenburg).[citation needed] The wedding of Cordt Deters and Crinck Evers was celebrated on 6 August 1684 in The Church of Saint Margaret in Padderhorn, [Westphalia](/source/Westphalia).[citation needed] Eilert Deters, the son of Johann Deters and Anna Wedemayer, was born on 16 February 1766 in Leuchtenberg, Lower Saxony.[citation needed]

Notable bearers of the Deters name include [theologian](/source/Theology) [Brandanus Deters](/source/Brandanus_Deters) who died in 1710, and [Joe Deters](/source/Joe_Deters), an [American politician](/source/Politics_of_the_United_States).[citation needed]

The Deters name was introduced to North America as early as 1840 with the arrival of Lambert Heinrich Deters, a native of the region of Westphalia, and Jan Heinrich Klein-Deters, a native of [Alte Piccardie](/source/Osterwald), Germany, who settled with four of his brothers in the settlement of [Countship](/source/Count) Michigan (which is now part of the city of [Holland, Michigan](/source/Holland,_Michigan)) in approximately 1848.[citation needed]

The surname may refer to:

- [Harold Deters](/source/Harold_Deters) (born 1944), American football placekicker
- [Joe Deters](/source/Joe_Deters) (born 1957), American politician
- [Thorben Deters](/source/Thorben_Deters) (born 1995), German footballer
- *[Citizens for Tax Reform v. Deters](/source/Citizens_for_Tax_Reform_v._Deters)*, 2008 Ohio lawsuit

## See also

- [Auguste Deter](/source/Auguste_Deter) (1850–1906), first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease

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