# Didier

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{{about|the name|the 1997 French film|Didier (film)}}
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'''Didier''' is a [French](/source/French_language) masculine given name and surname common throughout the [Romance languages](/source/Romance_languages). It comes from the [Ancient Roman](/source/Ancient_Roman) name [Didius](/source/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](/source/Desiderius_(given_name))'', related to [Latin](/source/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](/source/Didier_Ahadsi) (born 1970), Togolese self-taught artist and sculptor
* [Didier Agathe](/source/Didier_Agathe) (born 1975), French footballer
* [Didier André](/source/Didier_Andr%C3%A9) (born 1974), French race car driver
* [Didier Boulaud](/source/Didier_Boulaud) (born 1950), French senate member
* [Didier Burkhalter](/source/Didier_Burkhalter) (born 1960), Swiss politician
* [Didier of Cahors](/source/Didier_of_Cahors) (c. 580–655), Desiderius or (saint) Didier, French saint
* [Didier Couécou](/source/Didier_Cou%C3%A9cou) (born 1944), French footballer
* [Didier Daeninckx](/source/Didier_Daeninckx) (born 1949), French [crime](/source/crime_fiction) writer and politician
* [Didier Delsalle](/source/Didier_Delsalle) (born 1957), French helicopter pilot
* [Didier Deschamps](/source/Didier_Deschamps) (born 1968), French international footballer and manager
* [Didier Diderot](/source/Didier_Diderot) (1685–1759), French craftsman
* [Didier Drogba](/source/Didier_Drogba) (born 1978), Ivorian association football player
* [Didier Flament](/source/Didier_Flament) (born 1951), French fencer
* [Didier Fuentes](/source/Didier_Fuentes) (born 2005), Colombian baseball player
* [Didier Hassoux](/source/Didier_Hassoux), French investigative journalist
* [Didier Lavergne](/source/Didier_Lavergne), French make-up artist
* [Didier Lemaire](/source/Didier_Lemaire) (born 1975), French politician
* [Didier Malherbe](/source/Didier_Malherbe) (born 1943), French musician, member of the music group Gong
* [Didier Marouani](/source/Didier_Marouani) (born 1953), French musician, founder of the music group "Space"
* [Didier Niquet](/source/Didier_Niquet) (born 1949), French sprint canoer
* [Didier Ollé-Nicolle](/source/Didier_Oll%C3%A9-Nicolle) (born 1961), French former footballer and football manager
* [Didier Opertti](/source/Didier_Opertti) (born 1937), Uruguayan political figure and lawyer
* {{anbl|Didier Pfirter}}
* [Didier Pironi](/source/Didier_Pironi) (1952–1987), French Formula One driver
* [Didier Pittet](/source/Didier_Pittet) (born 1957), Swiss immunologist
* [Didier Raoult](/source/Didier_Raoult) (born 1952), French physician and microbiologist
* [Didier Ratsiraka](/source/Didier_Ratsiraka) (1936–2021), Malagasy politician, President of Madagascar from 1975 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2002
* [Didier Reynders](/source/Didier_Reynders) (born 1958), Belgian politician
* [Didier Sornette](/source/Didier_Sornette) (born 1957), French physicist, economist, and risk manager
* [Didier Van Cauwelaert](/source/Didier_Van_Cauwelaert) (born 1960), French author of Belgian descent
* [Didier Zokora](/source/Didier_Zokora) (born 1980), Ivorian international footballer

==Surname==
* [Candice Didier](/source/Candice_Didier) (born 1988), French figure skater
* [Charles Didier](/source/Charles_Didier) (1805–1864), Swiss writer, poet and traveller
* [Christian Didier](/source/Christian_Didier), assassin of [René Bousquet](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Bousquet)
* [Clint Didier](/source/Clint_Didier) (born 1959), American politician and football tight end in the NFL
* [Eugene L. Didier](/source/Eugene_L._Didier) (1838–1913), American writer
* [Évelyne Didier](/source/%C3%89velyne_Didier) (born 1948), French senate member
* [John Peter Didier](/source/John_Peter_Didier) (1748–1823), U.S. politician, first State Treasurer of Missouri
* [Laurent Didier](/source/Laurent_Didier) (born 1984), Luxembourgish road bicycle racer
* [Lucas Didier](/source/Lucas_Didier) (born 2003), French para table tennis player
* [Mel Didier](/source/Mel_Didier) (1927–2017), American baseball player, coach, scout, and executive
* [Raymond Didier](/source/Raymond_Didier) (1920–1978), American college sports coach and administrator
* [Ugo Didier](/source/Ugo_Didier) (born 2001), French Paralympic swimmer

==See also==
* [Didier Kumalo](/source/Didier_Kumalo), an Australian musical group
* [Saint-Didier (disambiguation)](/source/Saint-Didier_(disambiguation)), name of several communes in France
* [Henry de Sainct-Didier](/source/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

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