Diether
Diether is a German given name, composed of the elements diet "people" and her "army".
It is distinct from, but in Modern German has become homophonic with, the name Dieter, which is a short form of Dietrich, composed of the same prefix but the unrelated suffix rihhi "rich".
People called Diether include:
- Diether von Isenburg (d. 1482)
- Diether von Roeder (d. 1918), eponymous of German destroyer Z17 Diether von Roeder
- Diether Lukesch (1918-2004)
- Diether Posser (1922-2010)
- Diether Haenicke (1935-2009)
- Diether Krebs (1947–2000)
- Diether Ocampo (b. 1974)