Male Name
Dirk
ˈdɪrk
ˈdɪʁk
ˈdɜɹk
ˈdɜːk
Overview
Gender
masculine
Origin
Categories
Ascendance of a Bookworm characters
A Song of Ice and Fire characters
astrophysicists
bass guitarists
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
currently out of the US top 1000
Frasier characters
game show hosts
Harry Potter characters
His Dark Materials characters
Characteristics
How people perceive this name
Overall Rating
68/100
classic65%
informal65%
strong140%
rough100%
strange100%
simple160%
Meaning & Etymology
Dutch and Low German short form of Diederik. This name was borne by several counts of Frisia and Holland, beginning in the 10th century. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by actor Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999), who had some Dutch ancestry. This is also the Scots word for a type of dagger.