Diet History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Etymology of Diet

What does the name Diet mean?

The surname Diet is a nickname for a person known for great strength. The surname Diet originally derived from the Old English word "Doegheard." Another source claims the name to be from 'the son of Dionisia," typically found in Yorkshire, England. 1

Early Origins of the Diet family

The surname Diet was first found in Staffordshire at Freeford, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Michael, Lichfield, union of Lichfield, N. division of the hundred of Offlow. " The manor [of Freeford] was held by a family of its own name, in the reign of James I., and afterwards passed to the family of Dyott, who suffered much in the parliamentary war for their attachment to Charles I." 2

In Yorkshire, early records there show Dyett, Dyott (with no forename) recorded at Wakefield in 1296 and later Dyott was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Cumberland in 1332. William Dyot was registered in 1348 as was Robert Diotte in Yorkshire in 1396. 3

The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 included Diot Mason; Diot de Wodehous; Willelmus Wege, et Diot uxor ejus; Johannes Chetel, et Diot uxor ejus; and Robertus Diot, et MarIona uxor ejus. 1

A scan through records in Scotland revealed "Hew Dvat, smith in Balgray Mill, Ayrshire, 1669; Alexander Dyett or Dyet, councillor in Irvine, 1665 (may be Alexander Dyet, merchant burgess of Irvine, 1680); and Robert Dyett, portioner in Meikle Govan, 1772." 4

Early History of the Diet family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Diet research. Another 76 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1560, 1562, 1591, 1601, 1614, 1619, 1622, 1623, 1640, 1660, 1667, 1677, 1690, 1695 and 1719 are included under the topic Early Diet History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Diet Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dyott, Dyot, Diot and others.

Early Notables of the Diet family

Notables of this surname at this time include: General John Dyot, known as "Dumb éyort of Somerson"; Anthony Dyott (c. 1560-1622) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1614; Sir Richard Dyott (c. 1591-1660) was an English lawyer...
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Diet Ranking

In France, the name Diet is the 4,926^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 5

Diet migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Diet Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Isidro Diet, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1868 6

Sources +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)