Gender:
Origin:
German
1065 famous people named Dirk found on Wikipedia.
10804 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
5122-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
341-th in year 1954
Used in: Dutch, English, German
A male given name, form of Derek.
Dirk is a Dutch and Low German short form of Diederik. See Theodoric for the origin and history of the name.
C. 1600, perhaps from Dirk, the proper name, which was used in Scandinavian for "a picklock." But the earliest spellings were dork, durk (Johnson, 1755, seems to be responsible for the modern spelling), and the earliest association is with Highlanders, however there seems to be no such word in Gaelic, where the proper name is biodag. Another candidate is German dolch "dagger." The masc. given name is a variant of Derrick, ultimately from the Germanic compound in Dietrich.
Form of Diederik: ruler of the people.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dirk Nowitzki | 1978 | German professional basketball player |
| 2 | Dirk Kuyt | 1980 | Dutch footballer |
| 3 | Dirk Benedict | 1945 | American actor |
| 4 | Dirk Bogarde | 1921 | British actor |
| 5 | Dirk Gently | Fictional character created by Douglas Adams | |
| 6 | Dirk Blocker | 1957 | Television, film actor |
| 7 | Dirk Koetter | 1959 | American football player and coach |
| 8 | Dirk Pitt | Fictional adventurer | |
| 9 | Dirk Verbeuren | 1975 | Belgian drummer |
| 10 | Dirk Borchardt | 1969 | German actor |
| 11 | Dirk Hartog | 1580 | Dutch explorer |
| 12 | Dirk Stermann | 1965 | German radio host and actor |
| 13 | Dirk Nannes | 1986 | Australian cricketer |
| 14 | Dirk Kempthorne | 1951 | 49th United States Secretary of the Interior |
| 15 | Dirk Zeelenberg | 1969 | Dutch actor |
| 16 | Dirk Dautzenberg | 1921 | German actor |
| 17 | Dirk Michaelis | 1961 | German composer |
| 18 | Dirk Lellek | 1964 | German association football player |
| 19 | Dirk Thiele | 1943 | German journalist |
| 20 | Dirk Hilbert | 1971 | German politician |
| 21 | Dirk Edward Ziff | 1965 | American billionaire |
| 22 | Dirk Schuster | 1967 | German footballer |
| 23 | Dirk Bikkembergs | 1959 | Belgian fashion designer |
| 24 | Dirk Schümer | 1962 | German translator |
| 25 | Dirk Bosschaert | 1958 | Belgian actor |
| 26 | Dirk Shafer | 1962 | American actor, model and director |
| 27 | Dirk Van Dijck | 1952 | Belgian actor |
| 28 | Dirk Ippen | 1940 | German publisher |
| 29 | Dirk Kreuter | 1967 | German salestrainer |
| 30 | Dirk Willems | Dutch pacificist | |
| 31 | Dirk Hayhurst | 1981 | Professional baseball player |
| 32 | Dirk Zöllner | 1962 | German musician |
| 33 | Dirk Graham | 1959 | Canadian ice hockey player |
| 34 | Dirk Bach | 1961 | German actor |
| 35 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 1992 | Darts player |
| 36 | Dirk Kurbjuweit | 1962 | German journalist and writer |
| 37 | Dirk Pohlmann | 1959 | German screenwriter and film director |
| 38 | Dirk Coetzee | 1945 | South African police officer |
| 39 | Dirk Baecker | 1955 | German sociologist |
| 40 | Dirk Jan de Geer | 1870 | Dutch politician |
| 41 | Dirk de Wachter | 1960 | Belgian psychiatrist and university professor |
| 42 | Dirk Anger | ||
| 43 | Dirk Petrick | 1980 | German voice actor |
| 44 | Dirk Dufner | 1968 | German lawyer |
| 45 | Dirk Cussler | 1961 | American writer |
| 46 | Dirk Jora | 2000 | German punk rock singer |
| 47 | Dirk Markus | 1971 | German entrepreneur |
| 48 | Dirk Behrendt | 1971 | German politician and judge |
| 49 | Dirk Bauermann | 1957 | German professional basketball player and coach |
| 50 | Dirk Borgognone | 1968 | American football placekicker |
| 51 | Dirk Moritz | 1979 | German actor |
| 52 | Dirk III, Count of Holland | 0982 | Dutch noble |
| 53 | Dirk Maxeiner | 1953 | German journalist |
| 54 | Dirk Stollberg | 1979 | German actor, television presenter and voice actor |
| 55 | Dirk J. Vlug | 1916 | United States Army Medal of Honor recipient |
| 56 | Dirk Maggs | British writer and director | |
| 57 | Dirk Marcellis | 1988 | Footballer |
| 58 | Dirk Jan Struik | 1894 | Dutch mathematician |
| 59 | Dirk Roofthooft | 1959 | Belgian actor |
| 60 | Dirk Verhofstadt | 1955 | Belgian philosopher |
| 61 | Dirk Scheele | Dutch actor, singer and guitarist | |
| 62 | Dirk Müller | 1975 | German racecar driver |
| 63 | Dirk Draulans | 1956 | Belgian journalist |
| 64 | Dirk II, Count of Holland | Dutch noble | |
| 65 | Dirk Frimout | 1941 | Belgian astronaut |
| 66 | Dirk I, Count of Holland | ||
| 67 | Dirk Van Vooren | 1973 | Belgian actor |
| 68 | Dirk Stikker | 1897 | Politician and badminton player |
| 69 | Dirk Schoedon | 1964 | German actor |
| 70 | Dirk Struan | ||
| 71 | Dirk Darmstaedter | 1965 | German singer-songwriter |
| 72 | Dirk van Braeckel | 1958 | Belgian automobile designer |
| 73 | Dirk Helbing | 1965 | Complex systems scientist |
| 74 | Dirk Meyer | 1961 | American businessman |
| 75 | Dirk Minniefield | 1961 | American basketball player |
| 76 | Dirk Wittenborn | 1952 | American writer |
| 77 | Dirk Dzemski | 1972 | |
| 78 | Dirk Nocker | 1966 | German actor |
| 79 | Dirk V, Count of Holland | 1053 | First Count of the Northern Netherlands |
| 80 | Dirk Lavrysen | 1954 | Belgian actor |
| 81 | Dirk Tuypens | 1966 | Belgian actor and politician |
| 82 | Dirk Bernemann | 1975 | German writer |
| 83 | Dirk C. Fleck | 1943 | German journalist |
| 84 | Dirk ter Haar | 1919 | Dutch physicist |
| 85 | Dirk Schlächter | 1965 | German musician |
| 86 | Dirk Brossé | 1960 | Composer, conductor |
| 87 | Dirk Ahner | 1973 | German screenwriter |
| 88 | Dirk Mudge | 1928 | Namibian politician |
| 89 | Dirk Wiese | 1983 | German politician |
| 90 | Dirk Van Tichelt | 1984 | Judoka |
| 91 | Dirk VI, Count of Holland | 1114 | Dutch monarch |
| 92 | Dirk Johnson | 1975 | Player of American football |
| 93 | Dirk Sanders | 1933 | French actor and choreographer |
| 94 | Dirk Rohrbach | 1972 | German ice hockey player |
| 95 | Dirk Notheis | 1968 | German manager |
| 96 | Dirk Nockemann | 1958 | German politician and jurist |
| 97 | Dirk Kollmar | 1963 | |
| 98 | Dirk Wellham | 1959 | Australian cricketer |
| 99 | Dirk van Erp | 1860 | American coppersmith |
| 100 | Dirk van den Boom | 1966 | German writer |
| 101 | Dirk Coster | 1889 | Dutch physicist |
| 102 | Dirk Mierau | 1964 | German actor |
| 103 | Dirk Braun | 1970 | |
| 104 | Dirk Ivens | Belgian musician | |
| 105 | Dirk Bakalorz | 1963 | German association football player |
| 106 | Dirk Schneider | 1939 | German politician |
| 107 | Dirk Taat | 1984 | Dutch television actor |
| 108 | Dirk Bockel | 1976 | Luxembourgian triathlete |
| 109 | Dirk Dirksen | 1937 | German music promoter |
| 110 | Dirk Windgassen | 1964 | German musician and actor |
| 111 | Dirk Dettmar | 1957 | |
| 112 | Dirk Beuchler | 1971 | German handball player |
| 113 | Dirk van Dalen | 1932 | Dutch mathematician |
| 114 | Dirk Backen | 1960 | |
| 115 | Dirk van den Broek | 1924 | Person |
| 116 | Dirk Hoffmann | 1972 | German computer scientist |
| 117 | Dirk Niebel | 1963 | German politician (FDP) |
| 118 | Dirk Ahlers | 1937 | |
| 119 | Dirk Witte | 1885 | Dutch singer, writer and cabaret artist |
| 120 | Dirk Roßmann | 1946 | German entrepreneur |
| 121 | Dirk Powell | ||
| 122 | Dirk Schlegel | 1961 | Association football player |
| 123 | Dirk Denoyelle | 1964 | Flemish cabaretier |
| 124 | Dirk Pitt, Jr. | Fictional child of Dirk Pitt | |
| 125 | Dirk Brand | 1969 | German drummer |
| 126 | Dirk Lehmann | 1971 | German footballer |
| 127 | Dirk De Vriese | 1958 | Belgian association football player |
| 128 | Dirk Philips | 1504 | Mennonite theologian from Friesland |
| 129 | Dirk Roosenburg | 1887 | Dutch architect |
| 130 | Dirk Schulze-Makuch | 1964 | Professor at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Washington State University |
| 131 | Dirk Reinhardt | 1963 | German historian and author |
| 132 | Dirk Hillbrecht | 1972 | German politician |
| 133 | Dirk Baberowski | German professional magic player | |
| 134 | Dirk von Petersdorff | 1966 | German specialist in literature, university teacher and writer |
| 135 | Dirk Martens | 1446 | Flemish printer |
| 136 | Dirk Hartmann | 1964 | German philosopher and psychologist |
| 137 | Dirk Koch | 1943 | German journalist |
| 138 | Dirk Metz | 1957 | German spokesperson |
| 139 | Dirk Arthur | American magician | |
| 140 | Dirk van der Aa | 1731 | Painter from the Northern Netherlands |
| 141 | Dirk Tanghe | 1956 | Belgian theatre director |
| 142 | Dirk Raudies | 1964 | German motorcycle racer |
| 143 | Dirk Hupe | 1957 | German association football player |
| 144 | Dirk VII, Count of Holland | 1200 | Count of the Northern Netherlands |
| 145 | Dirk Demol | 1959 | Directuer sportif and former racing cyclist |
| 146 | Dirk Bouwmeester | 1967 | Dutch physicist |
| 147 | Dirk J. Debbink | United States admiral | |
| 148 | Dirk van Hogendorp | 1797 | Dutch lawyer |
| 149 | Dirk Gringhuis | 1918 | American artist |
| 150 | Dirk Obbink | 1957 | American-born papyrologist and classicist |
| 151 | Dirk Ayelt Kooiman | 1946 | Dutch writer |
| 152 | Dirk von Gehlen | 1975 | German journalist |
| 153 | Dirk Luther | 1970 | German cook |
| 154 | Dirk Laabs | 1973 | German screenwriter, non-fiction writer and journalist |
| 155 | Dirk Wilutzky | 1965 | Filmmaker |
| 156 | Dirk Stoop | 1610 | Painter, decorative painter (of interiors), draftsman, printmaker from the Northern Netherlands |
| 157 | Dirk Kennedy | 1969 | Irish musician |
| 158 | Dirk Orlishausen | 1982 | German footballer |
| 159 | Dirk Bavendamm | 1938 | German journalist, translator and historian |
| 160 | Dirk Moses | 1967 | |
| 161 | Dirk Klop | 1906 | Dutch army intelligence officer |
| 162 | Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam | 1957 | Dutch sports journalist |
| 163 | Dirk Serries | 1968 | Belgian songwriter |
| 164 | Dirk Richter | 1964 | Swimmer |
| 165 | Dirk van der Horst | 1946 | Dutch guitarist |
| 166 | Dirk West | 1930 | American cartoonist |
| 167 | Dirk Chivers | Dutch pirate | |
| 168 | Dirk the Daring | ||
| 169 | Dirk Viljoen | 1977 | Zimbabwean cricketer |
| 170 | Dirk Lornsen | 1957 | German writer |
| 171 | Dirk Van Vaerenbergh | Belgian actor | |
| 172 | Dirk Aschmoneit | 1962 | German triathlete |
| 173 | Dirk Jacobs | 1970 | German television presenter and journalist |
| 174 | Dirk Fock | 1858 | Dutch politician |
| 175 | Dirk Brouwer | 1902 | Dutch-American astronomer |
| 176 | Dirk IV, Count of Holland | 1100 | Dutch noble |
| 177 | Dirk von Lowtzow | 1971 | German singer |
| 178 | Dirk Hasert | 1969 | |
| 179 | Dirk Decleir | 1942 | Belgian actor (1942-1974) |
| 180 | Dirk Bremser | 1965 | German footballer |
| 181 | Dirk Willem van Krevelen | 1914 | Dutch chemist |
| 182 | Dirk Geeraerts | 1955 | Belgian linguist |
| 183 | Dirk Glaser | 1958 | German journalist |
| 184 | Dirk Abel | 1958 | German mechanical engineer |
| 185 | Dirk Werner | 1955 | German mathematician |
| 186 | Dirk Heinrichs | 1965 | German actor |
| 187 | Dirk Bastert | 1970 | |
| 188 | Dirk Bruinenberg | 1968 | Dutch musician |
| 189 | Dirk W. Mosig | 1943 | American psychologist |
| 190 | Dirk du Toit | 1943 | South African politician |
| 191 | Dirk Abrams | 1959 | Belgian journalist |
| 192 | Dirk Polder | 1919 | Dutch physicist |
| 193 | Dirk Heckmann | 1960 | German judge |
| 194 | Dirk Van Esbroeck | 1946 | Belgian singer |
| 195 | Dirk Laucke | 1982 | German writer |
| 196 | Dirk Poot | 1968 | Dutch programmer and politician |
| 197 | Dirk Panter | 1974 | German politician |
| 198 | Dirk Elbrächter | 1972 | German television presenter |
| 199 | Robert Dirk | 1966 | Canadian ice hockey defenceman |
| 200 | Dirk van Laak | 1961 | German historian |