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What does Dedrick mean?
Dedrick 
as a boys' name is pronounced DEE-drik. It is of Danish and Old German origin, and the meaning of Dedrick is "people's ruler". Variant of Diedrick and Theodoric. Also the source for Derek. Dieter is a German form. Football player Dedric Ward.
STARTS WITH De-
ASSOCIATED WITH ruler (king)
Variations
VARIANTS Dedric, Diederick, Diedrick, Dieter, Dietrich
SEE ALSO Dirk
RELATIONS VIA DEREK, THEODORIC Darrick▼, Dereck, Derek▼, Deric, Derick▼, Derik, Deriq, Derk, Derreck, Derrek, Derrick▼, Derrik, Derryck, Derryk, Deryck, Deryk, Dirck, Thedric, Thedrick
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dedrick Dominique (D.D.), ..
How popular is Dedrick?
Dedrick is a rare given name for men but a very popular last name for all people (#12084 out of 150436, Top 8%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Dedrick entered the list in 1960-1969 and reached its apex position of #798 in the U.S. during the years 1970-1979, but is not found in the list currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Dedrick appearing in the Top 2000 are Darrick, Dedric, Dereck (#1484 VIA LATEST LIST), Derek (#257), Deric, Derick (#1176), Derik, Derk, Derreck, Derrek, Derrick (#475), Derrik, Dieter, Dietrich and Dirk. Other forms, like Thedrick, are uncommon. These relations of Dedrick were favored by parents in the 1980s (USAGE OF 0.7%) and are now significantly less widespread (USAGE 0.1%, DOWN 81%), with versions such as Derrick becoming less in vogue.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Aerick, Aerrick, Andrick, Cedric▼, Cedrick, Cedrik, Darick, Delrick, Delrico, Dierick, Eddrick, Edrick, Eldrick, Fredrick▼, Godrick, Hendrick, Herrick, Jedrick, Jerick, Jerrick, Kadrick, Keddrick, Kedric, Kedrick, Kendrick▲, Kenrick, Kerrick, Meldrick, Merrick▲, Meyrick, Rodrick▼, Sedric, Sedrick, Sedrik, Tedric and Tedrick. These names tend to be more commonly used than Dedrick.
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