Name Detlef

Origin:

From Old High German words for people and offspring

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Name info:

About the name Detlef in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	German
US 2024 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Detlev, Vetle Details

Group info:

About Detlev, the group of names with the same origin as Detlef

Language of origin:	Old High German
Words:	diot = the people Old High German
	leiba = the offspring Old High German
Topics:	Two-element name
Variants' top ranks:	82:Detlef Germany 2005
Old/original forms:	Dietleib Old High German
Name variants:	Detlef, Detlev, Tjalf Sortable list Details

Popularity:

Popularity lists that contain the name Detlef

Series	Graph	Rankings
Germany prevalence		2005 82