Dichter Family History

South German: from Middle High German diechter ‘grandchild’ probably from Middle High German dīhen ‘to thrive’. German: ostensibly an occupational name for a minstrel or poet from an agent derivative of Middle High German tichten ‘to write or compose’ (from Latin dicere ‘to recite’).

Jewish (from Germany and Poland): nickname from either German Dichter ‘poet’ or an inflected form of German dicht ‘thick’. Jewish (from Ukraine): occupational name from a Yiddishized form of Ukrainian dikhtyar ‘tar worker’.