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♂ Dereck
What does Dereck mean?
Dereck as a name for boys. The name Dereck means "people's ruler". Dereck is a variant form of Derek (English, Old German): from Theodoric.
STARTS WITH De-
ASSOCIATED WITH ruler (king)
Variations
VARIANTS Deryke, Deryk, Deryck, Derryk, Derryck, Derrik, Derrick▼, Derrek, Derreck, Deriq, Derik, Derick▼, Deric, Darriq, Darrick▼, Darek
RELATIONS VIA DEREK Derk, Dirk▼, Dyrk
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dereck Charley (D.C.), ..
How popular is Dereck?
Dereck is a rare first name for males. Dereck is an equally rare last name for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Dereck was first listed in 1950-1959 and reached its highest rank of #724 in the U.S. during the years 1980-1989, and is at #1484 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular varying forms of Dereck (#1484 IN RECENT RANKINGS) ranked in the Top 2000 are Darek, Darrick, Derek (#257), Deric, Derick (#1176), Derik, Derk, Derreck, Derrek, Derrick (#475), Derrik and Dirk. These forms of Dereck were popular in the 1980s (AVERAGE #945) and have become significantly less conventional since (#1645, 81% LESS USAGE), with forms such as Derrick becoming less trendy.
Similar Names
Dereck is alike in pronunciation to Darach, Daric, Darick, Darrock, Dieric and Dierick. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Aerick, Aerrick, Arick, Arreck, Arrick, Barack, Breck, Brick, Cedrick, Crock, Danek, Darcy, Darel, Darence, Dedrick, Dee▼, Deems, Deepak, Deke, Deker, Delrick, Delrico, Derald, Derbey, Derby, Derell, Derelle, Deron, Deroyce, Derrel, Derrell, Derren, Derril, Derron, Derwent, Derwin, Deryll, Devell, Deven▼, Deveon, Diedrick, Dierck, Dirck, Dore, Draco, Dre, Edrick, Erick, Errick, Frick, Gerek, Heck, Herrick, Herryck, Jedrick, Jerack (see Jerrick), Jereck, Jerek, Jerick, Jerrick, Kedrick, Kenrick, Kerrick, Merrick▲, Meyrick, Tedrick, Turck, Varick and Yorick. These names tend to be more frequently used than Dereck.
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