Male first name (German, Low German, Dutch): Dirk, ruler of the people, Old High (two-part name); Diot = the people; rihhi = rich, powerful, power, rule, ruler, to be understood as, old German two-part name 'People in powerful' or 'ruler of the people', known by the legendary figure of Dietrich von Bern, the name has an equivalent in 'Theodoric', a name of Gothic origin