Thiel

English

As a North German and Dutch surname, from a pet form of Dietrich, Diederik.
As an east German surname, from Lower Sorbian Bartyl, a name derived from Bartholomäus.

Thiel (plural Thiels)

A surname.
- 2022 May 5, Shane Goldmacher, Maggie Haberman, “Tucker, Thiel and Trump: How J.D. Vance Won in Ohio”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:
  And it was Mr. Thiel who brokered and attended a meeting at Mar-a-Lago at which Mr. Vance began his rehabilitation and reinvention.
- 2024 August 14, Bryn Haworth, “Artificial Ignorance: broligarchs and their brains should read Gulliver”, in Al Majalla‎^[2]:
  Max Chafkin, Thiel's biographer, describes Vance as his "extension", while Cadwalladr describes Vance, somewhat impolitely, as "Thiel's creature… a man Thiel moulded in his own image through lavish investments in his business and political careers".

According to the 2010 United States Census, Thiel is the 3601^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9880 individuals. Thiel is most common among White (94.84%) individuals.