Tjark
Tjark is a Frisian variant of the male given name Dietrich . Other variants are Thiadric , Tiark , Tjerk , Thiark and Tyark .
Origin and meaning
Tjark or Tjerk is a Frisian form of Dietrich, a given name that occurs primarily in East Frisia and the Netherlands . Origin and meaning thus correspond to Dietrich (in Old High German diot "people" and rīhhi "mighty"). Tyarck is also documented as a female first name for the 16th century (1525 in Hamswehrum ).
Name bearer
- Tjark Bartels (* 1969), German politician
- Tjark Bernau (* 1981), German actor
- Tjark Evers (1845–1866), German seaman
- Tjark Hausmann (1924–2017), German art historian
- Tjark Kunstreich (* 1966), German publicist
- Tjark Müller (* 1993), German handball player
- Tjark Nagel (* 1952), German show jumper
- Tjerk Westerterp (* 1930), Dutch politician and journalist
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wilfried Seibicke : Historical German first name book. Vol. 4, Sc-Z . De Gruyter, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-11-017540-1 , p. 266.
- ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historical German first name book. Vol. 1, AE . De Gruyter, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-11-014445-X , p. 508.