Dietmar

Dietmar is a male name .

Origin and meaning of the name

Dietmar comes from the Gothic ( Germanic ) name Thiudamer ( Þiudamer ).

It consists of the words Gothic þiuda , Old High German diot 'the people' - from which the word German is also derived - and Got. Mers , ahdt. mari , famous' or 'amazing' - as in March .

Similar formations are Dietrich , Dietlinde and others. The name Volkmar consists of two synonymous terms .

name day

• Catholic : January 2 , March 5 , May 17 , September 28

variants

• ancient: Theotmar , Thietmar
• Ditmar , Dittmar , Detmar

Short form:

• Didi
• Till , Tile , Tim , Timo , Thiemo

Name bearer

historical:

• In the legend King Dietmar, the father of Dietrich von Bern
• Dietmar the Setzer (Middle High German: Dietmar der Sezzer), traveling knight and poet of the 13th century
• Bishop Dietmar of Prague († 982)
• Bishop Dietmar of Osnabrück († 1023)
• Bishop Thietmar von Minden († 1206)
• Dietmar von Aist , minstrel, representative of Danube country poetry, recorded from 1140 to 1171.
• Dietmar II (Salzburg) († 1041), Archbishop of Salzburg (1025-1041)
• Dietmar von Neumünster , Dean of the Bremen Cathedral Chapter († May 17, 1152)

contemporary:

• Dietmar Biesold (1925–1991), German neurochemist
• Dietmar Schönherr (1926–2014), Austrian actor and author
• Dietmar Rothermund (1933–2020), German historian and Indologist
• Dietmar Hopp (* 1940), German entrepreneur and patron
• Dietmar Keller (* 1942), German politician (SED / PDS)
• Dietmar Huhn (* 1944), German actor
• Dietmar Schünicke (* 1944), German choir director
• Dietmar Mues (1945–2011), German actor
• Dietmar Danner (* 1950), German soccer player
• Ditmar Jakobs (* 1953), German soccer player
• Dietmar Mössmer (* 1955), Austrian actor
• Dietmar Wischmeyer (* 1957), German satirist
• Dietmar Bartz (* 1957), German journalist
• Dietmar Bartsch (* 1958), German politician (Die Linke)
• Dietmar Alge (* 1959), Austrian entrepreneur and politician (ÖVP)
• Dietmar Bär (* 1961), German actor
• Dietmar Woidke (* 1961), German politician, Prime Minister of Brandenburg
• Dietmar Mögenburg (* 1961), German athlete and Olympic champion in the high jump
• Dietmar Beiersdorfer (* 1963), German soccer player and soccer official
• Dietmar Deffner (* 1966), German moderator and journalist
• Dietmar Dath (* 1970), German author, journalist and translator
• Dietmar Hirsch (* 1971), German soccer player
• Dietmar Kühbauer (* 1971), Austrian soccer player
• Dietmar Hamann (* 1973), German soccer player

family name

• Johann Wilhelm Dietmar (1671–1759), German legal scholar

Web links

Wiktionary: Dietmar  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Name days online - namenstage.katholisch.de. Retrieved September 28, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Name days online - namenstage.katholisch.de. Retrieved September 28, 2017 .