{{Infobox given name | name = Diederik | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = Male | meaning = | region = [[Netherlands]], [[Flanders]] | language = Dutch | origin = From [[Theodoric]] | alternative spelling = [[Dirk (name)|Dirk]], [[Diderik]], Diederick | nickname = | related names = [[Diderik]] | name day = | derived = Dirk, Derick, [[Derek]], | popularity = | footnotes = }}
'''Diederik''' is a [[Dutch language|Dutch]] male given name. People with the name include:
*[[Diederik Aerts]] (born 1953), Belgian theoretical physicist *[[Diederik Bangma]] (born 1990), Dutch football goalkeeper *[[Diederik Boer]] (born 1980), Dutch footballer *[[Diederik Boomsma]] (born 1978), Dutch politician *[[Diederik van Dijk]] (born 1971), Dutch politician *[[Diederik van Domburg]] (1685–1736), Dutch governor of Ceylon *[[Diederik Durven]] (1676–1740), Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies *[[Diederik Foubert]] (born 1961), Belgian cyclist *[[Diederik Jansz. Graeff]] (1532–1589), Dutch merchant, ship-owner and politician *[[Diederik Grit]] (1949–2012), Dutch translator and translation scholar *[[Diederik Hol]] (born 1972), Dutch design engineer *[[Diederik Korteweg]] (1848–1941), Dutch mathematician *[[Diederik Jekel]] (born 1984), Dutch science journalist and television presenter *[[Diederik Johannes Opperman]] (1914–1985), Afrikaans poet *[[Diederik van Rooijen]] (born 1975), Dutch film director *[[Diederik Samsom]] (born 1971), Dutch politician *[[Diederik van Silfhout]] (born 1988), Dutch Olympic dressage rider *[[Diederik Simon]] (born 1970), Dutch rower *[[Diederik Sonoy]] (1529–1597), Dutch rebel leader during the Eighty Years' War *[[Diederik Stapel]] (born 1966), Dutch social psychologist *[[Diederik Tulp]] (1624–1682), Dutch merchant *[[Diederik Jacob van Tuyll van Serooskerken]] (1772–1826), Dutch nobleman, later Russian major general and ambassador *[[Diederik van Weel]] (born 1973), Dutch field hockey player *[[Diederik Wissels]] (born 1960), Dutch jazz pianist
==See also== * [[Diederik cuckoo]], in which ''Diederik'' is an [[onomatopoeic]] rendition of the bird's call * [[Diedrick]], given name and surname * [[Theodoric]]
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