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)
 * Diether Perez (b. 2001)
 * Diether Ong (b. 2011