Dirk is a boy's name of German origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 12 boys in the United States.
Dirk belongs to the German tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Dirk first appears in Social Security records in 1918. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #341 in 1954, and in 2024 12 babies received the name — 10,935 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Dirk is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its German origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Dirk is a boy name. In 2024, 12 babies received the name in the US.
Dirk comes from the German tradition.
Dirk first appears in US records in 1918. Its best-ever ranking was #341 in 1954, and 12 babies were given the name in 2024.
Dirk is pronounced /dɜːk/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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