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What does Derek mean?
Derek 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced DARE-ik. It is of English and Old German origin, and the meaning of Derek is "people's ruler". From Theodoric. Many phonetic variants have come into popular usuage. Basketball player Derrick Coleman; baseball player Derek Jeter. Also form of Darroch. Also form of Dietrich.
STARTS WITH De-
Variations
VARIANTS Darek, Darrick▼, Darriq, Dereck, Deric, Derick▼, Derik, Deriq, Derk, Derreck, Derrek, Derrick▼, Derrik, Derryck, Derryk, Deryck, Deryk, Deryke, Dirk▼, Dirke, Dyrk
SEE ALSO Dedrick, Derry, Jerrick
RELATIONS VIA THEODORIC Dieter, Dirck
FEMININE FORMS Derica, Derinda, Derine
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Dedek, ..
(female) Deret, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Derek Santino (D.S.), ..
How popular is Derek?
Derek is a very popular first name for males (#163 out of 1220, Top 13%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#68782 out of 150436, Top 46%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Derek was first listed in 1930-1939 and reached its highest rank of #53 in the U.S. in the 1980s, and is at #257 presently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Darek, Darrick, Dedrick, Dereck (#1484 LAST YEAR), Deric, Derick (#1176), Derik, Derk, Derreck, Derrek, Derrick (#475), Derrik, Derry, Dieter, Dietrich, Dirk and Jerrick are the prominent alternative forms of Derek (#257). Adoption of these relations of Derek was at its peak during the years 1980-1989 (MEDIAN #1155) and has become much reduced since (#1744, ▼81.2%), with versions like Darrick becoming less trendy.
Similar Names
Derek▼ is alike in pronunciation to Daric, Darick, Dieric and Dierick. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Arek, Barek, Damek, Danek, Darel, Daren▼, Dee▼, Deen, Deke, Dekel, Deker, Dene, Derbey, Derby, Derell, Deri, Deron, Derrel, Derren, Deryl, Deven▼, Dewey▼, Dierck, Dore, Dre, Drew▼, Erek, Garek, Gerek, Jarek, Jedrek, Jerek, Jurek, Marek, Mirek, Rurek, Tarek and Zarek. These names tend to be less commonly used than Derek.
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