{{about|the name|the 1997 French film|Didier (film)}} __NOTOC__ '''Didier''' is a French masculine given name and surname common throughout the Romance languages. It comes from the Ancient Roman name Didius{{fact|reason="di" between vowels was never kept, cf. radius ⇒ rai, audio ⇒ †oi, Aegidius ⇒ Gilles|date=December 2024}}. During the 5th century AD, with the Christianisation of ancient pagan names, it became associated with the name ''Desiderius'', related to Latin ''desiderium'' – which can be translated as "ardent desire" or "the longed-for".{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
Notable people with the name include:
==Given name== * Didier Ahadsi (born 1970), Togolese self-taught artist and sculptor * Didier Agathe (born 1975), French footballer * Didier André (born 1974), French race car driver * Didier Boulaud (born 1950), French senate member * Didier Burkhalter (born 1960), Swiss politician * Didier of Cahors (c. 580–655), Desiderius or (saint) Didier, French saint * Didier Couécou (born 1944), French footballer * Didier Daeninckx (born 1949), French crime writer and politician * Didier Delsalle (born 1957), French helicopter pilot * Didier Deschamps (born 1968), French international footballer and manager * Didier Diderot (1685–1759), French craftsman * Didier Drogba (born 1978), Ivorian association football player * Didier Flament (born 1951), French fencer * Didier Fuentes (born 2005), Colombian baseball player * Didier Hassoux, French investigative journalist * Didier Lavergne, French make-up artist * Didier Lemaire (born 1975), French politician * Didier Malherbe (born 1943), French musician, member of the music group Gong * Didier Marouani (born 1953), French musician, founder of the music group "Space" * Didier Niquet (born 1949), French sprint canoer * Didier Ollé-Nicolle (born 1961), French former footballer and football manager * Didier Opertti (born 1937), Uruguayan political figure and lawyer * {{anbl|Didier Pfirter}} * Didier Pironi (1952–1987), French Formula One driver * Didier Pittet (born 1957), Swiss immunologist * Didier Raoult (born 1952), French physician and microbiologist * Didier Ratsiraka (1936–2021), Malagasy politician, President of Madagascar from 1975 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2002 * Didier Reynders (born 1958), Belgian politician * Didier Sornette (born 1957), French physicist, economist, and risk manager * Didier Van Cauwelaert (born 1960), French author of Belgian descent * Didier Zokora (born 1980), Ivorian international footballer
==Surname== * Candice Didier (born 1988), French figure skater * Charles Didier (1805–1864), Swiss writer, poet and traveller * Christian Didier, assassin of René Bousquet * Clint Didier (born 1959), American politician and football tight end in the NFL * Eugene L. Didier (1838–1913), American writer * Évelyne Didier (born 1948), French senate member * John Peter Didier (1748–1823), U.S. politician, first State Treasurer of Missouri * Laurent Didier (born 1984), Luxembourgish road bicycle racer * Lucas Didier (born 2003), French para table tennis player * Mel Didier (1927–2017), American baseball player, coach, scout, and executive * Raymond Didier (1920–1978), American college sports coach and administrator * Ugo Didier (born 2001), French Paralympic swimmer
==See also== * Didier Kumalo, an Australian musical group * Saint-Didier (disambiguation), name of several communes in France * Henry de Sainct-Didier, 16th century fencing master
{{given name|type=both}} Category:French masculine given names Category:Masculine given names Category:French-language surnames