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Derek, Derrek, Derick, Derrick, Licrick

Pronunciation
Gender Male
Origin
Word/name short form of Diederik
Meaning see Theodoric
Other names
Related names Diederik, Dierk, Dieter, Dietrich, Dirk, Terry, Theodoric, Thierry, Tudor, Tudur

Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of Diederik, the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of «people-ruler».

Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derick, Dereck, Derrick, and Deric. Low German and Dutch short forms of Diederik are Dik, Dirck, and Dirk.

History[edit]

The English form of the name arises in the 15th century, via import from the Low Countries. The native English (Anglo-Saxon) form of the name was Deoric or Deodric, from Old English Þēodrīc, but this name had fallen out of use in the medieval period. During the Late Middle Ages, there was intense contact between the territories adjacent to the North Sea, in particular due to the activities of the Hanseatic League. As a result, there was a lot of cross-pollination between Low German, Dutch, English, Danish and Norwegian. The given name Derk is found in records of the Low Countries from the early 14th century, and in the spelling Derck becomes rather common in name lists compiled in the Habsburg Netherlands during the early 16th century.[1] An early bearer of the name Derek was lord of Keppel, Gelderland, in the early 14th century. A Derek van Keppel, lord of Verwoelde, died in 1495 and was succeeded by his eldest son, also called Derek van Keppel. A later Derek van Keppel died in 1646, succeeded by Asewolt van Keppel, the father of Arnold van Keppel, who in 1688 was created Earl of Albemarle in the Peerage of England.[2]

Given name[edit]

Arts and entertainment[edit]

A–M[edit]

  • Derek Acorah (1950–2020), British TV personality
  • Derek Almstead (born 1974), musician/engineer
  • Derek and the Dominos (active 1970–1971), blues-rock group
  • Derek Andersen, one half of the DJ duo SLANDER
  • Derek Bailey (guitarist) (1930–2005), jazz guitarist
  • Derek Barbosa (born 1971), a.k.a. Chino XL, American rapper
  • Derek Batey (1928–2013), British TV presenter
  • Derek Bell (musician) (1935–2002), Irish harpist and composer
  • Derek Benfield (1926–2009), British actor and playwright
  • Derek Bermel (born 1967), American composer, clarinetist and conductor
  • Derek Michael Besant (born 1950), Canadian artist
  • Derek Bloom (born 1983), drummer of From First to Last
  • Derek Bogaerde, birth name of Dirk Bogarde (1921–1999), British actor of Dutch/Scottish ancestry
  • Derek Boland (1965-2009), a.k.a. Derek B, British DJ and rapper
  • Derek Bond (1920–2006), actor, director and playwright
  • Derek Boshier (born 1937), British pop artist
  • Derek Bourgeois (1941–2017), English composer
  • Derek Brockway (born 1967), Welsh meteorologist and TV presenter
  • Derek Buckner, American realistic painter
  • Derek Cecil (born 1973), American actor
  • Derek Charke (born 1974), Canadian composer and flutist
  • Derek de Lint (born 1950), Dutch actor
  • Derek Deadman (1940–2014), British actor
  • Derek Dick (born 1958), a.k.a. Fish, Scottish progressive rock singer/songwriter
  • Derek Dingle (1937–2004), English close-up magician who lived in New York
  • Derek Drymon (born 1965), American writer and storyboard artist
  • Derek Edwards (born 1958), Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
  • Derek Elphinstone (1913–1999), British actor
  • Derek Erdman (born 1973), American artist
  • Derek Floyd, American artist, brother of Cyndi Floyd, together performing as Philly sound duo Derek & Cyndi
  • Derek Forbes (born 1956), Scottish bassist
  • Derek Ford (1932–1995), English film director/writer
  • Derek Fordjour (born 1974), artist/painter and documentary producer
  • Derek Fowlds (1937–2020), English actor
  • Derek Francis (1923–1984), British comedy and character actor
  • Derek Fudesco, bassist and vocalist with indie rock band Pretty Girls Make Graves
  • Derek Gledhill, American drummer member of alternative rock/post-grunge music group Smile Empty Soul
  • Derek Grant (drummer) (born 1977), drummer for punk band Alkaline Trio
  • Derek Griffiths (born 1946), British actor
  • Derek Guille (born 1951), Australian radio presenter
  • Derek Hammond-Stroud (1926–2012), English opera singer
  • Derek Hanjora (born 1981), American Podcast Host
  • Derek Hartley (born 1969), American radio talk-show host
  • Derek Harvie (born 1971), Canadian entertainment writer and producer, living in the U.S.
  • Derek Hess, American poster and album-cover artist
  • Derek Hill (painter) (1916–2000), English portrait and landscape painter
  • Derek R. Hill, film production designer
  • Derek Hough (born 1985), American dancer, choreographer, musician and actor
  • Derek Jacobi (born 1938), English actor and director
  • Derek Jarman (1942–1994), English film director, stage designer, artist and writer
  • Derek, a stage name, along with Johnny Cymbal, of Scottish-born American songwriter, singer and record producer born John Hendry Blair (1945–1993)
  • Derek Kirk Kim (born 1974), American cartoonist
  • Derek Kok (born 1964), Hong Kong actor
  • Derek Lamb (1936–2005), American animation film-maker and producer
  • Derek Leckenby (1943–1994), English musician and guitarist, member of Herman’s Hermits
  • Derek Longmuir (born 1951), drummer with the Bay City Rollers
  • Derek Luke (born 1974), American actor
  • Derek Ma (born 1990), Professor in natural hazards and humanitarian engineering
  • Derek Malcolm (born 1932), British film critic
  • Derek Martin (born 1933), English actor
  • Derek McCulloch (1897–1967), BBC radio presenter and producer
  • Derek McGrath (born 1951), Canadian actor
  • Derek Meddings (1931–1995), British TV and cinema special effects expert
  • Derek Mooney (born 1967), Irish radio and TV personality and producer
  • Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds), fictional character
  • Derek Murphy (musician), American drummer and session musician
  • Derek X, a stage name, along with Sadat X, of American rapper Derek Murphy (born 1968)

N–Z[edit]

  • Derek Newark (1933–1998), English actor
  • Derek Nimmo (1930–1999), English character actor
  • Derek O’Brien (drummer) (born 1963), drummer and music producer
  • Derek Oldham (1887–1968), English tenor
  • Derek Paravicini (born 1979), English blind autistic savant and musical prodigy
  • Derek Pascoe (born 1957), American vocalist
  • Derek Pressnall, guitarist for the indie-pop group Tilly and the Wall
  • Derek Prince (1915–2003), American Christian radio preacher
  • Derek Lee Ragin (born 1958), American singer
  • Derek Richardson (actor) (born 1976), American actor
  • Derek Riggs (born 1958), British artist
  • Derek Riordan (born 1983), Scottish footballer (striker)
  • Derek Rodier (born 1959), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Roy (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Royle (1929–1990), English actor
  • Derek Sanderson (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player and business executive
  • Derek Saunders (1928–2018), English footballer
  • Derek Sealy (1912–1982), West Indian cricketer
  • Derek Shackleton (1924–2007), English cricketer
  • Derek Shaw (businessman), English football club chairman
  • Derek Sherinian (born 1966), American keyboard musician, composer and producer
  • Derek Shulman (born 1947), Scottish singer/instrumentalist and record executive
  • Derek Smart, controversial designer of video games
  • Derek Smethurst (born 1948), South African footballer, author and sports consultant
  • Derek Smith (basketball), (1961–1996), American basketball player
  • Derek Smith (ice hockey born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Smith (ice hockey born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Smith (linebacker) (born 1975), American football player
  • Derek Smith (Tight End) (born 1980), American football player
  • Derek Smith (born 1979), a.k.a. Pretty Lights, American electronic musician
  • Derek Soutar (born 1981), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Derek St. Holmes (born 1953), rock musician
  • Derek Stephen Prince (born 1969), American voice actor and radio host
  • Derek Stillie (born 1973), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Derek Stirling (born 1961), New Zealand cricketer
  • Derek Strong (born 1968), American basketball player and racing driver
  • Derek Tapscott (1932–2008), Welsh footballer
  • Derek Taylor, Canadian news anchor and sportscaster
  • Derek Temple (born 1938), English footballer
  • Derek Thompson (actor) (born 1948), Northern Irish TV actor
  • Derek Thompson, a.k.a. Hoodlum Priest, musician and record producer and engineer
  • Derek Tracey (born 1971), Irish footballer
  • Derek Trent (born 1980), American ice skater (pairs)
  • Derek Trucks (born 1979), American blues-rock guitarist
  • Derek Turner (1932–2015), rugby league footballer
  • Derek Ufton (1928–2021), English cricketer
  • Derek Underwood (born 1945), English cricketer
  • Derek Varnals (born 1935), South African cricketer
  • Derek Wadsworth (1939–2008), British composer and arranger
  • Derek Warfield (born 1943), Irish singer/songwriter and historian
  • Derek Waring, born Derek Barton-Chapple (1927–2007), English actor
  • Derek Warwick (born 1954), English F1 racing car driver
  • Derek Waters (born 1979), American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director
  • Derek Webb (born 1974), American singer-songwriter
  • Derek Whitehead (born 1944), English rugby league footballer
  • Derek Whyte (born 1968), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Woodcock, Australian rules football field umpire
  • Derek Yee (born 1957), Hong Kong film director
  • Derek Young (born 1921), American drummer from a band «Queen»
  • Derek Yu (born 1982), American independent game designer, video game artist, and blogger

Sports[edit]

A–M[edit]

  • Derek Abney (born 1980), American football wide receiver
  • Derek Anderson (American football) (born 1983), National Football League quarterback
  • Derek Anderson (basketball) (born 1974), American basketball player
  • Derek Armstrong (ice hockey) (born 1973), Canadian hockey player
  • Derek Asamoah (born 1981), Ghanaian footballer playing in Korea
  • Derek Barnett (born 1996), American football player
  • Derek Bell (auto racer) (born 1941), British F1 racing car driver
  • Derek Bell (baseball) (born 1968), American former Major League Baseball player
  • Derek Bell (footballer, born 1956), English football player
  • Derek Bell (footballer, born 1963), English football player
  • Derek Bellotti (born 1946), English football player
  • Derek Boateng (born 1983), Ghanaian footballer
  • Derek Boogaard (1982–2011), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Bryant (boxer) (born 1971), American heavyweight boxer
  • Derek Campbell (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Campos (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
  • Derek Carr (born 1991), American football player
  • Derek Cassidy (born 1986), American football player
  • Derek Chisora (born 1983), British heavyweight boxer
  • Derek Clayton (born 1942), British/Australian long-distance runner
  • Derek Collins (born 1969), Scottish footballer and football coach
  • Derek Combs (born 1979), American football player
  • Derek Cooke (born 1991), basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • Derek Couch, a.k.a. Robbie McAllister, Scottish member of Canadian tag wrestling team The Highlanders
  • Derek Cox (born 1986), American football player
  • Derek Crookes (born 1969), South African cricketer
  • Derek Curry (born 1981), American football player
  • Derek Daly (born 1953), Irish F1 racing car driver
  • Derek Darnell Brown (born 1971), American football player
  • Derek Dawkins (born 1959), English professional footballer
  • Derek de Boorder (born 1985), New Zealand cricketer
  • Derek Dennis (born 1988), American football player
  • Derek Dooley (American football coach) (born 1968), American football player and coach
  • Derek Dooley (footballer) (1929–2008), English footballer, manager and club chairman
  • Derek Dougan (1938–2007), Northern Irish footballer and club chairman
  • Derek Edwards (rugby league) (died 2020), rugby league footballer
  • Derek Fazackerley (born 1951), English footballer and coach
  • Derek Ferguson (born 1967), Scottish footballer and club manager
  • Derek Fisher (born 1974), American basketball player
  • Derek Geary (born 1980), Irish footballer who played in England
  • Derek Grimm (born 1974), American basketball player
  • Derek Hagan (born 1984), American football player (wide receiver)
  • Derek Hales (born 1951), English footballer
  • Derek Hall (cricketer) (1932–1983), English cricketer
  • Derek Hallas (born c. 1934), English rugby union and rugby league footballer
  • Derek Hardiman (born 1981), Irish hurling player
  • Derek Harper (born 1961), American basketball player and TV sports anchor
  • Derek Hawksworth (born 1927), English footballer
  • Derek Heasley (born 1972), Irish cricketer
  • Derek Higgins (born 1966), Irish Indy Lights racing car driver
  • Derek Hill (driver) (born 1975), American former Formula 3000 driver
  • Derek Ho (1964–2020), American surfer
  • Derek Holland (born 1986), American baseball player
  • Derek Holmes (born 1978), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Hood (basketball) (born 1976), American basketball player
  • Derek Howes, rugby league footballer
  • Derek Ibbotson (1932–2017), English track athlete
  • Derek Jeter (born 1974), American baseball player
  • Derek Johnson (athlete) (1933–2004), British track athlete
  • Derek Johnstone (born 1953), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Joslin (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Keenan (born 1961), Canadian lacrosse player
  • Derek Kenway (born 1978), English cricketer
  • Derek Kevan (1935–2013), English footballer
  • Derek King (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Lilley (born 1974), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Lilliquist (born 1966) American baseball player and coach
  • Derek Lowe (born 1973), American baseball player
  • Derek Lyle (born 1981), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Lyng (born 1978), Irish hurling player
  • Derek MacKenzie (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Malawsky (born 1973), Canadian lacrosse player
  • Derek McInnes (born 1971), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Meech (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Miles (born 1972), American pole vaulter
  • Derek Mills (born 1972), American track athlete
  • Derek Morgan (1929–2017), English cricketer
  • Derek Morris (ice hockey) (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Mountfield (born 1962), English footballer
  • Derek Murray (Gaelic footballer), Irish Gaelic footballer

N–Z[edit]

  • Derek Niven (born 1983), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Noonan (1947–2009), rugby union and rugby league footballer
  • Derek Norris (born 1989), American baseball player
  • Derek Oldbury a.k.a. DEO (1924–1994), British draughts champion and writer on the game
  • Derek Pace (1932–1989), English footballer
  • Derek Parker (footballer) (1926–2011), English footballer
  • Derek Parkin (born 1948), English footballer
  • Derek Parlane (born 1953), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Parra (born 1970), Mexican-American speed skater (ice)
  • Derek Perera (born 1977), Sri Lankan Canadian cricketer
  • Derek Phillips (footballer, born 1975) (born 1975), Trinidad and Tobago footballer
  • Derek Piggott (1922–2019), British glider pilot
  • Derek Plante (born 1971), American ice hockey player
  • Derek Popovich (born 1981), American footballer
  • Derek Porter (born 1967), Canadian rower
  • Derek Poundstone (born 1981), American professional strongman
  • Derek Pringle (born 1958), English cricketer and cricket journalist
  • Derek Quinnell (born 1949), Welsh rugby union player
  • Derek Rackley (born 1977), American football player
  • Derek Rae (born 1967), Scottish soccer commentator
  • Derek Randall (born 1951), English cricketer
  • Derek Redmond (born 1965), English track athlete
  • Derek Reeves (1934–1995), English footballer
  • Derek Ringer (born 1956), Scottish rally driver
  • Derek Riordan (born 1983), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Rivers (born 1994), American football player
  • Derek Rodier (born 1959), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Roy (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Sanderson (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player and business executive
  • Derek Saunders (1928–2018), English footballer
  • Derek Sealy (1912–1982), West Indian cricketer
  • Derek Shackleton (1924–2007), English cricketer
  • Derek Shaw (businessman), English football club chairman
  • Derek Smethurst (born 1948), South African footballer, author and sports consultant
  • Derek Smith (basketball), (1961–1996), American basketball player
  • Derek Smith (ice hockey born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Smith (ice hockey born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Smith (linebacker) (born 1975), American football player
  • Derek Smith (tight end) (born 1980), American football player
  • Derek Soutar (born 1981), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Derek Stillie (born 1973), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Derek Stingley (born 1971), American football player
  • Derek Stingley Jr. (born 2001), American football player
  • Derek Stirling (born 1961), New Zealand cricketer
  • Derek Strong (born 1968), American basketball player and racing driver
  • Derek Tapscott (1932–2008), Welsh footballer
  • Derek Temple (born 1938), English footballer
  • Derek Tracey (born 1971), Irish footballer
  • Derek Trent (born 1980), American pairs ice skater
  • Derek Turner (1932–2015), rugby league footballer
  • Derek Ufton (born 1928), English cricketer
  • Derek Underwood (born 1945), English cricketer
  • Derek Varnals (born 1935), South African cricketer
  • Derek Warwick (born 1954), English F1 racing car driver
  • Derek Whitehead (born 1944), rugby league footballer
  • Derek Whyte (born 1968), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Woodcock, Australian rules football field umpire

Business[edit]

  • Derek Burney Jr. (born 1962), Canadian corporate senior executive
  • Derek Lambie (born 1975), Scottish newspaper editor
  • Derek V. Smith, American business executive

Politics[edit]

  • Derek Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury (1918–2017), British civil servant, agricultural expert and politician
  • Derek Beackon, English lorry driver and politician
  • Derek Bedson (1920–1989), Canadian civil servant
  • Derek Blackburn (1934–2017), Canadian politician
  • Derek Brownlee (born 1974), Scottish politician
  • Derek Bryan (1910–2003), British diplomat
  • Derek Burney (born 1939), Canadian businessman, diplomat and political strategist
  • Derek Clark (born 1933), British politician and science teacher
  • Derek Conway (born 1953), British politician
  • Derek Coombs (1937–2014), British politician and corporate executive
  • Derek Corrigan, Canadian politician
  • Derek Croxton, American history researcher and writer
  • Derek Draper (born 1967), English former lobbyist involved in Cash for Access scandal in 1999, subsequently a psychotherapist
  • Derek Enright (1935–1995), British politician
  • Derek Ezra, Baron Ezra (1919–2015) British politician and corporate executive
  • Derek Fatchett (1945–1999), British politician
  • Derek Fletcher (born 1951), Canadian politician born in England
  • Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland (1937–2019), British politician
  • Derek Freeman (1916–2001), New Zealand anthropologist
  • Derek Gregory (born 1951), British geographer
  • Derek Hatton (born 1948), English politician, businessman and after-dinner speaker
  • Derek Holland (activist), British politician and writer who uses several pen-names: Harry Worthington, Rory O’Connor, D. Liam O’Huallachain, Derek O’Huallachain, and Deric O’Huallachain
  • Derek Humphry (born 1930), writer of the suicide handbook Final Exit and president of the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization
  • Derek Hussey (born 1948), Northern Irish politician
  • Derek Keppel (1863–1944), British nobleman, soldier and member of the royal household
  • Derek Laud (born 1964), English political lobbyist
  • Derek Lee (politician) (born 1948), Canadian lawyer and politician
  • Derek Lodge (1929–1996), English civil servant and statistician
  • Derek Mackay (born 1977), Scottish politician
  • Derek McDowell (born 1958), Irish politician
  • Derek Mooney (born 1962), Irish ministerial adviser and [(Fianna Fáil)] campaign manager
  • Derek Moore-Brabazon, 2nd Baron Brabazon of Tara (1910–1974)
  • Derek Morris (academic) (born 1945), British academic, formerly chairperson of the Competition Commission
  • Derek Oulton (1927–2016), lawyer and civil servant
  • Derek Page, Baron Whaddon (1927–2005), British politician
  • Derek Prag (1923–2010), British politician
  • Derek Quigley (born 1932), New Zealand politician
  • Derek Robinson (trade unionist) (1927–2017), British motor industry shop steward a.k.a. «Red Robbo»
  • Derek Schofield (born 1945), Chief Justice of Gibraltar
  • Derek Simpson (trade unionist) (born 1944), British trade unionist
  • Derek Spencer (born 1936), British politician
  • Derek Hugh Taylor (born 1951), Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 1995 to 2003
  • Derek Twigg (born 1959) English politician
  • Derek James Walding (1937–2007), Canadian politician, born in England
  • Derek Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne (1910–1992), British politician
  • Derek Wall, British politician
  • Derek Watkins, British docker shop steward, member of the Pentonville Five
  • «Derek Wee», name used in a controversial blog by Wee Siew Kim (born 1960), Singaporean politician
  • Derek Wells (born 1946), Canadian politician and lawyer
  • Derek Worlock (1920–1996), British Roman Catholic bishop
  • Derek Wyatt (born 1949), British politician

Science, education and academics[edit]

  • Derek Abbott (born 1960), physicist and electronic engineer
  • Derek Barton (1918–1998), British physical chemist and Nobel Prize laureate
  • Derek Bickerton (1926–2018), linguist and academic
  • Derek Birley (1926–2002), academic and educator
  • Derek Blake, academic and research scientist
  • Derek Bok (born 1930), American lawyer and educator
  • Derek Briggs (born 1950), Irish paleontologist
  • Derek Denny-Brown (1901–1981), British neurologist
  • Derek Denton (1924–2022), Australian scientist
  • Derek Hirst (born 1948), English historian of early-modern Britain
  • Derek Hockridge (1934–2013), British translator, lecturer and expert in French society and culture
  • Derek Hopwood (1933–2020), British academic and author
  • Derek Long (born 1925), former professor of structural chemistry at the University of Bradford, working in the field of Raman spectroscopy
  • Derek McCormack, New Zealand biochemist and academic
  • Derek Wragge Morley (1920–1969) independent science consultant and journalist noted for study of ants
  • Derek Parfit (1942–2017), British philosopher and academic
  • Derek J. de Solla Price (1922–1983), information scientist and science historian
  • Derek Ratcliffe (1929–2005), British nature conservationist
  • Derek Roe (1937–2014), British paleolithic archeologist and academic
  • Derek Summerfield, controversial psychiatrist and writer
  • Derek Taunt (1917–2004), British mathematician and codebreaker
  • Derek van der Kooy (born 1952), scientist and academic working in stem cell research

Writing[edit]

  • Derek Beaulieu (born 1973), Canadian poet, publisher and anthologist
  • Derek Benz (born 1971), American author of children’s fantasy
  • Derek Hansen (born 1944), New Zealand/Australia fiction writer, born in England
  • Derek Jameson (1929–2012), British journalist
  • Derek Landy (born 1974), Irish author and screenwriter
  • Derek Mahon (1941–2020), Irish poet
  • Derek Marlowe (1938–1996), English playwright, novelist and screenwriter
  • Derek McCormack (born 1969), Canadian fiction writer
  • Derek Parker (born 1932), British writer and broadcaster
  • Derek Raymond (1931–1994), English noir writer
  • Derek Robinson (novelist) (born 1932), British military aviation novelist and pilot
  • Derek Tangye (1912–1996), English author
  • Derek Taylor (1932–1997), British journalist and press agent for The Beatles
  • Derek Turner (journalist) (born 1964), Irish journalist
  • Derek Walcott (1930–2017), West Indian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist
  • Derek Wood (author) (1930–2003), author of Jane’s World Aircraft Recognition Handbook

Miscellaneous[edit]

  • Derek Bentley (1933–1953), Englishman hanged for murder and subsequently pardoned
  • Derek Chauvin (born 1976), American former police officer convicted in the murder of George Floyd
  • Derek Anthony Seagrim (1903–1943), English soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Derek Watson (priest) (born 1938), British retired churchman, former Dean of Salisbury in the Church of England
  • Derek Wood (c. 1964 – 1988), one of two British soldiers killed in the 1988 Corporals killings incident

Spelling variants[edit]

Derrek
  • Derrek Konrad (born 1943), Canadian politician
  • Derrek Lee (born 1975), American former baseball player
  • Derrek Tuszka (born 1997), American football player
Derrick
  • Derrick (name)
Derick
  • Derick (name)
Deryck
  • Deryck Guyler (1914–1999), English actor
  • Deryck Whibley (born 1980), Canadian singer-songwriter

Fictional characters[edit]

  • Derek and Clive, controversial cult characters portrayed by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook
  • Derek the dark green diesel, character from Thomas the Tank Engine
  • Derek the Sheep, eponymous character in a comic strip in the Beano
  • Derek Almond, character in the graphic novel V for Vendetta
  • Derek Blunt, anthropomorphic hawk in Darkwing Duck
  • Derek Branning, character in the BBC soap EastEnders
  • Derek Conway, character in British TV series The Bill
  • Derek Faye, character in The Catherine Tate Show who appears to be in denial about his sexuality
  • Derek Flint, eponymous character in Our Man Flint
  • Derek Frye, character in the ABC soap opera All My Children
  • Derek Generic, character from the animated series Bobby’s World.
  • Derek Harkinson, character in the BBC soap EastEnders
  • Derek Hale, character in MTV’s Teen Wolf played by Tyler Hoechlin
  • Derek Klivian, pilot in the Rogue Squadron from Star Wars
  • Derek Morgan, character in the criminal drama series Criminal Minds played by Shemar Moore
  • Derek Noakes, eponymous character in the comedy-drama pilot Derek
  • Derek O’Farrell, character in the British soap Brookside
  • Derek Powers a.k.a. Blight, supervillain in the animated series Batman Beyond
  • Derek Shepherd former Head of Neurosurgery at Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital, in the American medical series Grey’s Anatomy
  • Derek Smalls, character in the spoof rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap
  • Derek Stiles, character in the Trauma Center series of video games
  • Derek Taylor, a character in the American TV sitcom Silver Spoons
  • Derek Trotter, character in the TV comedy series Only Fools and Horses
  • Derek Vinyard, character in the American crime drama film American History X
  • Derek Venturi, title character in the Canadian TV show Life with Derek
  • Derek Wakaluk, a character played by Will Sasso in the Canadian teen drama television series Madison
  • Derek Wheeler a.k.a. «Wheels», character in the Degrassi series
  • Derek Wildstar, character in the TV series Star Blazers
  • Derek Wilton, character in the TV soap Coronation Street
  • Derek Zoolander, eponymous character in the film Zoolander
  • Derek (The Good Place character), character in The Good Place
  • Derek Lucks, former head of TASCorp, inventor of the Meta Runner arm and overall antagonist of season 1 and 2 of the Meta Runner internet series. He was shot in the head by Masa (under the control of Dr. Sheridan) in the last episode of season 2.
  • Prince Derek, one of the main characters in the animated film The Swan Princess

Popularity[edit]

Since 1940, the peak of the popularity of the name Derek in the United States was in the 1980s.

Popularity ranks of «Derek» in the USA since 1943
Columns are years within decade.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2010s 170 181 182
2000s 121 132 139 149 156 172 159 142 159 168
1990s 54 59 62 67 77 83 101 106 110 114
1980s 50 53 50 51 52 56 57 54 53 54
1970s 77 63 67 69 74 83 84 82 75 72
1960s 247 205 187 177 172 166 141 123 122 109
1950s 470 407 363 378 362 331 300 283 256 254
1940s 714 953 ^ 956 891 862 641

Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth.

^ Rank > 1000

Source: Social Security Administration.[3]

1940

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

[clarification needed][What does the vertical scale of this chart represent?]

See also[edit]

  • All pages beginning with Derek
  • Darrick
  • Derrick (disambiguation)

References[edit]

  1. ^ see Gerhard Dumbar, Het kerkelyk en wereltlyk Deventer (1752) for an edition of name lists of Deventer. See also Ubbo Emmius, De agro Frisiae inter Amasum et Lavicom Syntagma (1646) for an edition of late medieval name lists from Frisia.
  2. ^ Arthur Collins, The peerage of England (1779)
  3. ^ «Popular Baby Names». Social Security Administration.

External links[edit]

  • Behind the Name Article

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Derek, Derrek, Derick, Derrick, Licrick

Pronunciation
Gender Male
Origin
Word/name short form of Diederik
Meaning see Theodoric
Other names
Related names Diederik, Dierk, Dieter, Dietrich, Dirk, Terry, Theodoric, Thierry, Tudor, Tudur

Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of Diederik, the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of «people-ruler».

Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derick, Dereck, Derrick, and Deric. Low German and Dutch short forms of Diederik are Dik, Dirck, and Dirk.

History[edit]

The English form of the name arises in the 15th century, via import from the Low Countries. The native English (Anglo-Saxon) form of the name was Deoric or Deodric, from Old English Þēodrīc, but this name had fallen out of use in the medieval period. During the Late Middle Ages, there was intense contact between the territories adjacent to the North Sea, in particular due to the activities of the Hanseatic League. As a result, there was a lot of cross-pollination between Low German, Dutch, English, Danish and Norwegian. The given name Derk is found in records of the Low Countries from the early 14th century, and in the spelling Derck becomes rather common in name lists compiled in the Habsburg Netherlands during the early 16th century.[1] An early bearer of the name Derek was lord of Keppel, Gelderland, in the early 14th century. A Derek van Keppel, lord of Verwoelde, died in 1495 and was succeeded by his eldest son, also called Derek van Keppel. A later Derek van Keppel died in 1646, succeeded by Asewolt van Keppel, the father of Arnold van Keppel, who in 1688 was created Earl of Albemarle in the Peerage of England.[2]

Given name[edit]

Arts and entertainment[edit]

A–M[edit]

  • Derek Acorah (1950–2020), British TV personality
  • Derek Almstead (born 1974), musician/engineer
  • Derek and the Dominos (active 1970–1971), blues-rock group
  • Derek Andersen, one half of the DJ duo SLANDER
  • Derek Bailey (guitarist) (1930–2005), jazz guitarist
  • Derek Barbosa (born 1971), a.k.a. Chino XL, American rapper
  • Derek Batey (1928–2013), British TV presenter
  • Derek Bell (musician) (1935–2002), Irish harpist and composer
  • Derek Benfield (1926–2009), British actor and playwright
  • Derek Bermel (born 1967), American composer, clarinetist and conductor
  • Derek Michael Besant (born 1950), Canadian artist
  • Derek Bloom (born 1983), drummer of From First to Last
  • Derek Bogaerde, birth name of Dirk Bogarde (1921–1999), British actor of Dutch/Scottish ancestry
  • Derek Boland (1965-2009), a.k.a. Derek B, British DJ and rapper
  • Derek Bond (1920–2006), actor, director and playwright
  • Derek Boshier (born 1937), British pop artist
  • Derek Bourgeois (1941–2017), English composer
  • Derek Brockway (born 1967), Welsh meteorologist and TV presenter
  • Derek Buckner, American realistic painter
  • Derek Cecil (born 1973), American actor
  • Derek Charke (born 1974), Canadian composer and flutist
  • Derek de Lint (born 1950), Dutch actor
  • Derek Deadman (1940–2014), British actor
  • Derek Dick (born 1958), a.k.a. Fish, Scottish progressive rock singer/songwriter
  • Derek Dingle (1937–2004), English close-up magician who lived in New York
  • Derek Drymon (born 1965), American writer and storyboard artist
  • Derek Edwards (born 1958), Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
  • Derek Elphinstone (1913–1999), British actor
  • Derek Erdman (born 1973), American artist
  • Derek Floyd, American artist, brother of Cyndi Floyd, together performing as Philly sound duo Derek & Cyndi
  • Derek Forbes (born 1956), Scottish bassist
  • Derek Ford (1932–1995), English film director/writer
  • Derek Fordjour (born 1974), artist/painter and documentary producer
  • Derek Fowlds (1937–2020), English actor
  • Derek Francis (1923–1984), British comedy and character actor
  • Derek Fudesco, bassist and vocalist with indie rock band Pretty Girls Make Graves
  • Derek Gledhill, American drummer member of alternative rock/post-grunge music group Smile Empty Soul
  • Derek Grant (drummer) (born 1977), drummer for punk band Alkaline Trio
  • Derek Griffiths (born 1946), British actor
  • Derek Guille (born 1951), Australian radio presenter
  • Derek Hammond-Stroud (1926–2012), English opera singer
  • Derek Hanjora (born 1981), American Podcast Host
  • Derek Hartley (born 1969), American radio talk-show host
  • Derek Harvie (born 1971), Canadian entertainment writer and producer, living in the U.S.
  • Derek Hess, American poster and album-cover artist
  • Derek Hill (painter) (1916–2000), English portrait and landscape painter
  • Derek R. Hill, film production designer
  • Derek Hough (born 1985), American dancer, choreographer, musician and actor
  • Derek Jacobi (born 1938), English actor and director
  • Derek Jarman (1942–1994), English film director, stage designer, artist and writer
  • Derek, a stage name, along with Johnny Cymbal, of Scottish-born American songwriter, singer and record producer born John Hendry Blair (1945–1993)
  • Derek Kirk Kim (born 1974), American cartoonist
  • Derek Kok (born 1964), Hong Kong actor
  • Derek Lamb (1936–2005), American animation film-maker and producer
  • Derek Leckenby (1943–1994), English musician and guitarist, member of Herman’s Hermits
  • Derek Longmuir (born 1951), drummer with the Bay City Rollers
  • Derek Luke (born 1974), American actor
  • Derek Ma (born 1990), Professor in natural hazards and humanitarian engineering
  • Derek Malcolm (born 1932), British film critic
  • Derek Martin (born 1933), English actor
  • Derek McCulloch (1897–1967), BBC radio presenter and producer
  • Derek McGrath (born 1951), Canadian actor
  • Derek Meddings (1931–1995), British TV and cinema special effects expert
  • Derek Mooney (born 1967), Irish radio and TV personality and producer
  • Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds), fictional character
  • Derek Murphy (musician), American drummer and session musician
  • Derek X, a stage name, along with Sadat X, of American rapper Derek Murphy (born 1968)

N–Z[edit]

  • Derek Newark (1933–1998), English actor
  • Derek Nimmo (1930–1999), English character actor
  • Derek O’Brien (drummer) (born 1963), drummer and music producer
  • Derek Oldham (1887–1968), English tenor
  • Derek Paravicini (born 1979), English blind autistic savant and musical prodigy
  • Derek Pascoe (born 1957), American vocalist
  • Derek Pressnall, guitarist for the indie-pop group Tilly and the Wall
  • Derek Prince (1915–2003), American Christian radio preacher
  • Derek Lee Ragin (born 1958), American singer
  • Derek Richardson (actor) (born 1976), American actor
  • Derek Riggs (born 1958), British artist
  • Derek Riordan (born 1983), Scottish footballer (striker)
  • Derek Rodier (born 1959), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Roy (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Royle (1929–1990), English actor
  • Derek Sanderson (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player and business executive
  • Derek Saunders (1928–2018), English footballer
  • Derek Sealy (1912–1982), West Indian cricketer
  • Derek Shackleton (1924–2007), English cricketer
  • Derek Shaw (businessman), English football club chairman
  • Derek Sherinian (born 1966), American keyboard musician, composer and producer
  • Derek Shulman (born 1947), Scottish singer/instrumentalist and record executive
  • Derek Smart, controversial designer of video games
  • Derek Smethurst (born 1948), South African footballer, author and sports consultant
  • Derek Smith (basketball), (1961–1996), American basketball player
  • Derek Smith (ice hockey born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Smith (ice hockey born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Smith (linebacker) (born 1975), American football player
  • Derek Smith (Tight End) (born 1980), American football player
  • Derek Smith (born 1979), a.k.a. Pretty Lights, American electronic musician
  • Derek Soutar (born 1981), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Derek St. Holmes (born 1953), rock musician
  • Derek Stephen Prince (born 1969), American voice actor and radio host
  • Derek Stillie (born 1973), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Derek Stirling (born 1961), New Zealand cricketer
  • Derek Strong (born 1968), American basketball player and racing driver
  • Derek Tapscott (1932–2008), Welsh footballer
  • Derek Taylor, Canadian news anchor and sportscaster
  • Derek Temple (born 1938), English footballer
  • Derek Thompson (actor) (born 1948), Northern Irish TV actor
  • Derek Thompson, a.k.a. Hoodlum Priest, musician and record producer and engineer
  • Derek Tracey (born 1971), Irish footballer
  • Derek Trent (born 1980), American ice skater (pairs)
  • Derek Trucks (born 1979), American blues-rock guitarist
  • Derek Turner (1932–2015), rugby league footballer
  • Derek Ufton (1928–2021), English cricketer
  • Derek Underwood (born 1945), English cricketer
  • Derek Varnals (born 1935), South African cricketer
  • Derek Wadsworth (1939–2008), British composer and arranger
  • Derek Warfield (born 1943), Irish singer/songwriter and historian
  • Derek Waring, born Derek Barton-Chapple (1927–2007), English actor
  • Derek Warwick (born 1954), English F1 racing car driver
  • Derek Waters (born 1979), American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director
  • Derek Webb (born 1974), American singer-songwriter
  • Derek Whitehead (born 1944), English rugby league footballer
  • Derek Whyte (born 1968), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Woodcock, Australian rules football field umpire
  • Derek Yee (born 1957), Hong Kong film director
  • Derek Young (born 1921), American drummer from a band «Queen»
  • Derek Yu (born 1982), American independent game designer, video game artist, and blogger

Sports[edit]

A–M[edit]

  • Derek Abney (born 1980), American football wide receiver
  • Derek Anderson (American football) (born 1983), National Football League quarterback
  • Derek Anderson (basketball) (born 1974), American basketball player
  • Derek Armstrong (ice hockey) (born 1973), Canadian hockey player
  • Derek Asamoah (born 1981), Ghanaian footballer playing in Korea
  • Derek Barnett (born 1996), American football player
  • Derek Bell (auto racer) (born 1941), British F1 racing car driver
  • Derek Bell (baseball) (born 1968), American former Major League Baseball player
  • Derek Bell (footballer, born 1956), English football player
  • Derek Bell (footballer, born 1963), English football player
  • Derek Bellotti (born 1946), English football player
  • Derek Boateng (born 1983), Ghanaian footballer
  • Derek Boogaard (1982–2011), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Bryant (boxer) (born 1971), American heavyweight boxer
  • Derek Campbell (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Campos (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
  • Derek Carr (born 1991), American football player
  • Derek Cassidy (born 1986), American football player
  • Derek Chisora (born 1983), British heavyweight boxer
  • Derek Clayton (born 1942), British/Australian long-distance runner
  • Derek Collins (born 1969), Scottish footballer and football coach
  • Derek Combs (born 1979), American football player
  • Derek Cooke (born 1991), basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • Derek Couch, a.k.a. Robbie McAllister, Scottish member of Canadian tag wrestling team The Highlanders
  • Derek Cox (born 1986), American football player
  • Derek Crookes (born 1969), South African cricketer
  • Derek Curry (born 1981), American football player
  • Derek Daly (born 1953), Irish F1 racing car driver
  • Derek Darnell Brown (born 1971), American football player
  • Derek Dawkins (born 1959), English professional footballer
  • Derek de Boorder (born 1985), New Zealand cricketer
  • Derek Dennis (born 1988), American football player
  • Derek Dooley (American football coach) (born 1968), American football player and coach
  • Derek Dooley (footballer) (1929–2008), English footballer, manager and club chairman
  • Derek Dougan (1938–2007), Northern Irish footballer and club chairman
  • Derek Edwards (rugby league) (died 2020), rugby league footballer
  • Derek Fazackerley (born 1951), English footballer and coach
  • Derek Ferguson (born 1967), Scottish footballer and club manager
  • Derek Fisher (born 1974), American basketball player
  • Derek Geary (born 1980), Irish footballer who played in England
  • Derek Grimm (born 1974), American basketball player
  • Derek Hagan (born 1984), American football player (wide receiver)
  • Derek Hales (born 1951), English footballer
  • Derek Hall (cricketer) (1932–1983), English cricketer
  • Derek Hallas (born c. 1934), English rugby union and rugby league footballer
  • Derek Hardiman (born 1981), Irish hurling player
  • Derek Harper (born 1961), American basketball player and TV sports anchor
  • Derek Hawksworth (born 1927), English footballer
  • Derek Heasley (born 1972), Irish cricketer
  • Derek Higgins (born 1966), Irish Indy Lights racing car driver
  • Derek Hill (driver) (born 1975), American former Formula 3000 driver
  • Derek Ho (1964–2020), American surfer
  • Derek Holland (born 1986), American baseball player
  • Derek Holmes (born 1978), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Hood (basketball) (born 1976), American basketball player
  • Derek Howes, rugby league footballer
  • Derek Ibbotson (1932–2017), English track athlete
  • Derek Jeter (born 1974), American baseball player
  • Derek Johnson (athlete) (1933–2004), British track athlete
  • Derek Johnstone (born 1953), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Joslin (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Keenan (born 1961), Canadian lacrosse player
  • Derek Kenway (born 1978), English cricketer
  • Derek Kevan (1935–2013), English footballer
  • Derek King (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Lilley (born 1974), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Lilliquist (born 1966) American baseball player and coach
  • Derek Lowe (born 1973), American baseball player
  • Derek Lyle (born 1981), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Lyng (born 1978), Irish hurling player
  • Derek MacKenzie (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Malawsky (born 1973), Canadian lacrosse player
  • Derek McInnes (born 1971), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Meech (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Miles (born 1972), American pole vaulter
  • Derek Mills (born 1972), American track athlete
  • Derek Morgan (1929–2017), English cricketer
  • Derek Morris (ice hockey) (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Mountfield (born 1962), English footballer
  • Derek Murray (Gaelic footballer), Irish Gaelic footballer

N–Z[edit]

  • Derek Niven (born 1983), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Noonan (1947–2009), rugby union and rugby league footballer
  • Derek Norris (born 1989), American baseball player
  • Derek Oldbury a.k.a. DEO (1924–1994), British draughts champion and writer on the game
  • Derek Pace (1932–1989), English footballer
  • Derek Parker (footballer) (1926–2011), English footballer
  • Derek Parkin (born 1948), English footballer
  • Derek Parlane (born 1953), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Parra (born 1970), Mexican-American speed skater (ice)
  • Derek Perera (born 1977), Sri Lankan Canadian cricketer
  • Derek Phillips (footballer, born 1975) (born 1975), Trinidad and Tobago footballer
  • Derek Piggott (1922–2019), British glider pilot
  • Derek Plante (born 1971), American ice hockey player
  • Derek Popovich (born 1981), American footballer
  • Derek Porter (born 1967), Canadian rower
  • Derek Poundstone (born 1981), American professional strongman
  • Derek Pringle (born 1958), English cricketer and cricket journalist
  • Derek Quinnell (born 1949), Welsh rugby union player
  • Derek Rackley (born 1977), American football player
  • Derek Rae (born 1967), Scottish soccer commentator
  • Derek Randall (born 1951), English cricketer
  • Derek Redmond (born 1965), English track athlete
  • Derek Reeves (1934–1995), English footballer
  • Derek Ringer (born 1956), Scottish rally driver
  • Derek Riordan (born 1983), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Rivers (born 1994), American football player
  • Derek Rodier (born 1959), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Roy (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Sanderson (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player and business executive
  • Derek Saunders (1928–2018), English footballer
  • Derek Sealy (1912–1982), West Indian cricketer
  • Derek Shackleton (1924–2007), English cricketer
  • Derek Shaw (businessman), English football club chairman
  • Derek Smethurst (born 1948), South African footballer, author and sports consultant
  • Derek Smith (basketball), (1961–1996), American basketball player
  • Derek Smith (ice hockey born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Smith (ice hockey born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Smith (linebacker) (born 1975), American football player
  • Derek Smith (tight end) (born 1980), American football player
  • Derek Soutar (born 1981), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Derek Stillie (born 1973), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Derek Stingley (born 1971), American football player
  • Derek Stingley Jr. (born 2001), American football player
  • Derek Stirling (born 1961), New Zealand cricketer
  • Derek Strong (born 1968), American basketball player and racing driver
  • Derek Tapscott (1932–2008), Welsh footballer
  • Derek Temple (born 1938), English footballer
  • Derek Tracey (born 1971), Irish footballer
  • Derek Trent (born 1980), American pairs ice skater
  • Derek Turner (1932–2015), rugby league footballer
  • Derek Ufton (born 1928), English cricketer
  • Derek Underwood (born 1945), English cricketer
  • Derek Varnals (born 1935), South African cricketer
  • Derek Warwick (born 1954), English F1 racing car driver
  • Derek Whitehead (born 1944), rugby league footballer
  • Derek Whyte (born 1968), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Woodcock, Australian rules football field umpire

Business[edit]

  • Derek Burney Jr. (born 1962), Canadian corporate senior executive
  • Derek Lambie (born 1975), Scottish newspaper editor
  • Derek V. Smith, American business executive

Politics[edit]

  • Derek Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury (1918–2017), British civil servant, agricultural expert and politician
  • Derek Beackon, English lorry driver and politician
  • Derek Bedson (1920–1989), Canadian civil servant
  • Derek Blackburn (1934–2017), Canadian politician
  • Derek Brownlee (born 1974), Scottish politician
  • Derek Bryan (1910–2003), British diplomat
  • Derek Burney (born 1939), Canadian businessman, diplomat and political strategist
  • Derek Clark (born 1933), British politician and science teacher
  • Derek Conway (born 1953), British politician
  • Derek Coombs (1937–2014), British politician and corporate executive
  • Derek Corrigan, Canadian politician
  • Derek Croxton, American history researcher and writer
  • Derek Draper (born 1967), English former lobbyist involved in Cash for Access scandal in 1999, subsequently a psychotherapist
  • Derek Enright (1935–1995), British politician
  • Derek Ezra, Baron Ezra (1919–2015) British politician and corporate executive
  • Derek Fatchett (1945–1999), British politician
  • Derek Fletcher (born 1951), Canadian politician born in England
  • Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland (1937–2019), British politician
  • Derek Freeman (1916–2001), New Zealand anthropologist
  • Derek Gregory (born 1951), British geographer
  • Derek Hatton (born 1948), English politician, businessman and after-dinner speaker
  • Derek Holland (activist), British politician and writer who uses several pen-names: Harry Worthington, Rory O’Connor, D. Liam O’Huallachain, Derek O’Huallachain, and Deric O’Huallachain
  • Derek Humphry (born 1930), writer of the suicide handbook Final Exit and president of the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization
  • Derek Hussey (born 1948), Northern Irish politician
  • Derek Keppel (1863–1944), British nobleman, soldier and member of the royal household
  • Derek Laud (born 1964), English political lobbyist
  • Derek Lee (politician) (born 1948), Canadian lawyer and politician
  • Derek Lodge (1929–1996), English civil servant and statistician
  • Derek Mackay (born 1977), Scottish politician
  • Derek McDowell (born 1958), Irish politician
  • Derek Mooney (born 1962), Irish ministerial adviser and [(Fianna Fáil)] campaign manager
  • Derek Moore-Brabazon, 2nd Baron Brabazon of Tara (1910–1974)
  • Derek Morris (academic) (born 1945), British academic, formerly chairperson of the Competition Commission
  • Derek Oulton (1927–2016), lawyer and civil servant
  • Derek Page, Baron Whaddon (1927–2005), British politician
  • Derek Prag (1923–2010), British politician
  • Derek Quigley (born 1932), New Zealand politician
  • Derek Robinson (trade unionist) (1927–2017), British motor industry shop steward a.k.a. «Red Robbo»
  • Derek Schofield (born 1945), Chief Justice of Gibraltar
  • Derek Simpson (trade unionist) (born 1944), British trade unionist
  • Derek Spencer (born 1936), British politician
  • Derek Hugh Taylor (born 1951), Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 1995 to 2003
  • Derek Twigg (born 1959) English politician
  • Derek James Walding (1937–2007), Canadian politician, born in England
  • Derek Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne (1910–1992), British politician
  • Derek Wall, British politician
  • Derek Watkins, British docker shop steward, member of the Pentonville Five
  • «Derek Wee», name used in a controversial blog by Wee Siew Kim (born 1960), Singaporean politician
  • Derek Wells (born 1946), Canadian politician and lawyer
  • Derek Worlock (1920–1996), British Roman Catholic bishop
  • Derek Wyatt (born 1949), British politician

Science, education and academics[edit]

  • Derek Abbott (born 1960), physicist and electronic engineer
  • Derek Barton (1918–1998), British physical chemist and Nobel Prize laureate
  • Derek Bickerton (1926–2018), linguist and academic
  • Derek Birley (1926–2002), academic and educator
  • Derek Blake, academic and research scientist
  • Derek Bok (born 1930), American lawyer and educator
  • Derek Briggs (born 1950), Irish paleontologist
  • Derek Denny-Brown (1901–1981), British neurologist
  • Derek Denton (1924–2022), Australian scientist
  • Derek Hirst (born 1948), English historian of early-modern Britain
  • Derek Hockridge (1934–2013), British translator, lecturer and expert in French society and culture
  • Derek Hopwood (1933–2020), British academic and author
  • Derek Long (born 1925), former professor of structural chemistry at the University of Bradford, working in the field of Raman spectroscopy
  • Derek McCormack, New Zealand biochemist and academic
  • Derek Wragge Morley (1920–1969) independent science consultant and journalist noted for study of ants
  • Derek Parfit (1942–2017), British philosopher and academic
  • Derek J. de Solla Price (1922–1983), information scientist and science historian
  • Derek Ratcliffe (1929–2005), British nature conservationist
  • Derek Roe (1937–2014), British paleolithic archeologist and academic
  • Derek Summerfield, controversial psychiatrist and writer
  • Derek Taunt (1917–2004), British mathematician and codebreaker
  • Derek van der Kooy (born 1952), scientist and academic working in stem cell research

Writing[edit]

  • Derek Beaulieu (born 1973), Canadian poet, publisher and anthologist
  • Derek Benz (born 1971), American author of children’s fantasy
  • Derek Hansen (born 1944), New Zealand/Australia fiction writer, born in England
  • Derek Jameson (1929–2012), British journalist
  • Derek Landy (born 1974), Irish author and screenwriter
  • Derek Mahon (1941–2020), Irish poet
  • Derek Marlowe (1938–1996), English playwright, novelist and screenwriter
  • Derek McCormack (born 1969), Canadian fiction writer
  • Derek Parker (born 1932), British writer and broadcaster
  • Derek Raymond (1931–1994), English noir writer
  • Derek Robinson (novelist) (born 1932), British military aviation novelist and pilot
  • Derek Tangye (1912–1996), English author
  • Derek Taylor (1932–1997), British journalist and press agent for The Beatles
  • Derek Turner (journalist) (born 1964), Irish journalist
  • Derek Walcott (1930–2017), West Indian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist
  • Derek Wood (author) (1930–2003), author of Jane’s World Aircraft Recognition Handbook

Miscellaneous[edit]

  • Derek Bentley (1933–1953), Englishman hanged for murder and subsequently pardoned
  • Derek Chauvin (born 1976), American former police officer convicted in the murder of George Floyd
  • Derek Anthony Seagrim (1903–1943), English soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Derek Watson (priest) (born 1938), British retired churchman, former Dean of Salisbury in the Church of England
  • Derek Wood (c. 1964 – 1988), one of two British soldiers killed in the 1988 Corporals killings incident

Spelling variants[edit]

Derrek
  • Derrek Konrad (born 1943), Canadian politician
  • Derrek Lee (born 1975), American former baseball player
  • Derrek Tuszka (born 1997), American football player
Derrick
  • Derrick (name)
Derick
  • Derick (name)
Deryck
  • Deryck Guyler (1914–1999), English actor
  • Deryck Whibley (born 1980), Canadian singer-songwriter

Fictional characters[edit]

  • Derek and Clive, controversial cult characters portrayed by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook
  • Derek the dark green diesel, character from Thomas the Tank Engine
  • Derek the Sheep, eponymous character in a comic strip in the Beano
  • Derek Almond, character in the graphic novel V for Vendetta
  • Derek Blunt, anthropomorphic hawk in Darkwing Duck
  • Derek Branning, character in the BBC soap EastEnders
  • Derek Conway, character in British TV series The Bill
  • Derek Faye, character in The Catherine Tate Show who appears to be in denial about his sexuality
  • Derek Flint, eponymous character in Our Man Flint
  • Derek Frye, character in the ABC soap opera All My Children
  • Derek Generic, character from the animated series Bobby’s World.
  • Derek Harkinson, character in the BBC soap EastEnders
  • Derek Hale, character in MTV’s Teen Wolf played by Tyler Hoechlin
  • Derek Klivian, pilot in the Rogue Squadron from Star Wars
  • Derek Morgan, character in the criminal drama series Criminal Minds played by Shemar Moore
  • Derek Noakes, eponymous character in the comedy-drama pilot Derek
  • Derek O’Farrell, character in the British soap Brookside
  • Derek Powers a.k.a. Blight, supervillain in the animated series Batman Beyond
  • Derek Shepherd former Head of Neurosurgery at Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital, in the American medical series Grey’s Anatomy
  • Derek Smalls, character in the spoof rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap
  • Derek Stiles, character in the Trauma Center series of video games
  • Derek Taylor, a character in the American TV sitcom Silver Spoons
  • Derek Trotter, character in the TV comedy series Only Fools and Horses
  • Derek Vinyard, character in the American crime drama film American History X
  • Derek Venturi, title character in the Canadian TV show Life with Derek
  • Derek Wakaluk, a character played by Will Sasso in the Canadian teen drama television series Madison
  • Derek Wheeler a.k.a. «Wheels», character in the Degrassi series
  • Derek Wildstar, character in the TV series Star Blazers
  • Derek Wilton, character in the TV soap Coronation Street
  • Derek Zoolander, eponymous character in the film Zoolander
  • Derek (The Good Place character), character in The Good Place
  • Derek Lucks, former head of TASCorp, inventor of the Meta Runner arm and overall antagonist of season 1 and 2 of the Meta Runner internet series. He was shot in the head by Masa (under the control of Dr. Sheridan) in the last episode of season 2.
  • Prince Derek, one of the main characters in the animated film The Swan Princess

Popularity[edit]

Since 1940, the peak of the popularity of the name Derek in the United States was in the 1980s.

Popularity ranks of «Derek» in the USA since 1943
Columns are years within decade.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2010s 170 181 182
2000s 121 132 139 149 156 172 159 142 159 168
1990s 54 59 62 67 77 83 101 106 110 114
1980s 50 53 50 51 52 56 57 54 53 54
1970s 77 63 67 69 74 83 84 82 75 72
1960s 247 205 187 177 172 166 141 123 122 109
1950s 470 407 363 378 362 331 300 283 256 254
1940s 714 953 ^ 956 891 862 641

Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth.

^ Rank > 1000

Source: Social Security Administration.[3]

1940

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

[clarification needed][What does the vertical scale of this chart represent?]

See also[edit]

  • All pages beginning with Derek
  • Darrick
  • Derrick (disambiguation)

References[edit]

  1. ^ see Gerhard Dumbar, Het kerkelyk en wereltlyk Deventer (1752) for an edition of name lists of Deventer. See also Ubbo Emmius, De agro Frisiae inter Amasum et Lavicom Syntagma (1646) for an edition of late medieval name lists from Frisia.
  2. ^ Arthur Collins, The peerage of England (1779)
  3. ^ «Popular Baby Names». Social Security Administration.

External links[edit]

  • Behind the Name Article

Derek, Derrek, Derick, Derrick, Licrick

Pronunciation
Gender Male
Origin
Word/name short form of Diederik
Meaning see Theodoric
Other names
Related names Diederik, Dierk, Dieter, Dietrich, Dirk, Terry, Theodoric, Thierry, Tudor, Tudur

Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of Diederik, the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of «people-ruler».

Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derick, Dereck, Derrick, and Deric. Low German and Dutch short forms of Diederik are Dik, Dirck, and Dirk.

History[edit]

The English form of the name arises in the 15th century, via import from the Low Countries. The native English (Anglo-Saxon) form of the name was Deoric or Deodric, from Old English Þēodrīc, but this name had fallen out of use in the medieval period. During the Late Middle Ages, there was intense contact between the territories adjacent to the North Sea, in particular due to the activities of the Hanseatic League. As a result, there was a lot of cross-pollination between Low German, Dutch, English, Danish and Norwegian. The given name Derk is found in records of the Low Countries from the early 14th century, and in the spelling Derck becomes rather common in name lists compiled in the Habsburg Netherlands during the early 16th century.[1] An early bearer of the name Derek was lord of Keppel, Gelderland, in the early 14th century. A Derek van Keppel, lord of Verwoelde, died in 1495 and was succeeded by his eldest son, also called Derek van Keppel. A later Derek van Keppel died in 1646, succeeded by Asewolt van Keppel, the father of Arnold van Keppel, who in 1688 was created Earl of Albemarle in the Peerage of England.[2]

Given name[edit]

Arts and entertainment[edit]

A–M[edit]

  • Derek Acorah (1950–2020), British TV personality
  • Derek Almstead (born 1974), musician/engineer
  • Derek and the Dominos (active 1970–1971), blues-rock group
  • Derek Andersen, one half of the DJ duo SLANDER
  • Derek Bailey (guitarist) (1930–2005), jazz guitarist
  • Derek Barbosa (born 1971), a.k.a. Chino XL, American rapper
  • Derek Batey (1928–2013), British TV presenter
  • Derek Bell (musician) (1935–2002), Irish harpist and composer
  • Derek Benfield (1926–2009), British actor and playwright
  • Derek Bermel (born 1967), American composer, clarinetist and conductor
  • Derek Michael Besant (born 1950), Canadian artist
  • Derek Bloom (born 1983), drummer of From First to Last
  • Derek Bogaerde, birth name of Dirk Bogarde (1921–1999), British actor of Dutch/Scottish ancestry
  • Derek Boland (1965-2009), a.k.a. Derek B, British DJ and rapper
  • Derek Bond (1920–2006), actor, director and playwright
  • Derek Boshier (born 1937), British pop artist
  • Derek Bourgeois (1941–2017), English composer
  • Derek Brockway (born 1967), Welsh meteorologist and TV presenter
  • Derek Buckner, American realistic painter
  • Derek Cecil (born 1973), American actor
  • Derek Charke (born 1974), Canadian composer and flutist
  • Derek de Lint (born 1950), Dutch actor
  • Derek Deadman (1940–2014), British actor
  • Derek Dick (born 1958), a.k.a. Fish, Scottish progressive rock singer/songwriter
  • Derek Dingle (1937–2004), English close-up magician who lived in New York
  • Derek Drymon (born 1965), American writer and storyboard artist
  • Derek Edwards (born 1958), Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
  • Derek Elphinstone (1913–1999), British actor
  • Derek Erdman (born 1973), American artist
  • Derek Floyd, American artist, brother of Cyndi Floyd, together performing as Philly sound duo Derek & Cyndi
  • Derek Forbes (born 1956), Scottish bassist
  • Derek Ford (1932–1995), English film director/writer
  • Derek Fordjour (born 1974), artist/painter and documentary producer
  • Derek Fowlds (1937–2020), English actor
  • Derek Francis (1923–1984), British comedy and character actor
  • Derek Fudesco, bassist and vocalist with indie rock band Pretty Girls Make Graves
  • Derek Gledhill, American drummer member of alternative rock/post-grunge music group Smile Empty Soul
  • Derek Grant (drummer) (born 1977), drummer for punk band Alkaline Trio
  • Derek Griffiths (born 1946), British actor
  • Derek Guille (born 1951), Australian radio presenter
  • Derek Hammond-Stroud (1926–2012), English opera singer
  • Derek Hanjora (born 1981), American Podcast Host
  • Derek Hartley (born 1969), American radio talk-show host
  • Derek Harvie (born 1971), Canadian entertainment writer and producer, living in the U.S.
  • Derek Hess, American poster and album-cover artist
  • Derek Hill (painter) (1916–2000), English portrait and landscape painter
  • Derek R. Hill, film production designer
  • Derek Hough (born 1985), American dancer, choreographer, musician and actor
  • Derek Jacobi (born 1938), English actor and director
  • Derek Jarman (1942–1994), English film director, stage designer, artist and writer
  • Derek, a stage name, along with Johnny Cymbal, of Scottish-born American songwriter, singer and record producer born John Hendry Blair (1945–1993)
  • Derek Kirk Kim (born 1974), American cartoonist
  • Derek Kok (born 1964), Hong Kong actor
  • Derek Lamb (1936–2005), American animation film-maker and producer
  • Derek Leckenby (1943–1994), English musician and guitarist, member of Herman’s Hermits
  • Derek Longmuir (born 1951), drummer with the Bay City Rollers
  • Derek Luke (born 1974), American actor
  • Derek Ma (born 1990), Professor in natural hazards and humanitarian engineering
  • Derek Malcolm (born 1932), British film critic
  • Derek Martin (born 1933), English actor
  • Derek McCulloch (1897–1967), BBC radio presenter and producer
  • Derek McGrath (born 1951), Canadian actor
  • Derek Meddings (1931–1995), British TV and cinema special effects expert
  • Derek Mooney (born 1967), Irish radio and TV personality and producer
  • Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds), fictional character
  • Derek Murphy (musician), American drummer and session musician
  • Derek X, a stage name, along with Sadat X, of American rapper Derek Murphy (born 1968)

N–Z[edit]

  • Derek Newark (1933–1998), English actor
  • Derek Nimmo (1930–1999), English character actor
  • Derek O’Brien (drummer) (born 1963), drummer and music producer
  • Derek Oldham (1887–1968), English tenor
  • Derek Paravicini (born 1979), English blind autistic savant and musical prodigy
  • Derek Pascoe (born 1957), American vocalist
  • Derek Pressnall, guitarist for the indie-pop group Tilly and the Wall
  • Derek Prince (1915–2003), American Christian radio preacher
  • Derek Lee Ragin (born 1958), American singer
  • Derek Richardson (actor) (born 1976), American actor
  • Derek Riggs (born 1958), British artist
  • Derek Riordan (born 1983), Scottish footballer (striker)
  • Derek Rodier (born 1959), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Roy (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Royle (1929–1990), English actor
  • Derek Sanderson (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player and business executive
  • Derek Saunders (1928–2018), English footballer
  • Derek Sealy (1912–1982), West Indian cricketer
  • Derek Shackleton (1924–2007), English cricketer
  • Derek Shaw (businessman), English football club chairman
  • Derek Sherinian (born 1966), American keyboard musician, composer and producer
  • Derek Shulman (born 1947), Scottish singer/instrumentalist and record executive
  • Derek Smart, controversial designer of video games
  • Derek Smethurst (born 1948), South African footballer, author and sports consultant
  • Derek Smith (basketball), (1961–1996), American basketball player
  • Derek Smith (ice hockey born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Smith (ice hockey born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Smith (linebacker) (born 1975), American football player
  • Derek Smith (Tight End) (born 1980), American football player
  • Derek Smith (born 1979), a.k.a. Pretty Lights, American electronic musician
  • Derek Soutar (born 1981), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Derek St. Holmes (born 1953), rock musician
  • Derek Stephen Prince (born 1969), American voice actor and radio host
  • Derek Stillie (born 1973), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Derek Stirling (born 1961), New Zealand cricketer
  • Derek Strong (born 1968), American basketball player and racing driver
  • Derek Tapscott (1932–2008), Welsh footballer
  • Derek Taylor, Canadian news anchor and sportscaster
  • Derek Temple (born 1938), English footballer
  • Derek Thompson (actor) (born 1948), Northern Irish TV actor
  • Derek Thompson, a.k.a. Hoodlum Priest, musician and record producer and engineer
  • Derek Tracey (born 1971), Irish footballer
  • Derek Trent (born 1980), American ice skater (pairs)
  • Derek Trucks (born 1979), American blues-rock guitarist
  • Derek Turner (1932–2015), rugby league footballer
  • Derek Ufton (1928–2021), English cricketer
  • Derek Underwood (born 1945), English cricketer
  • Derek Varnals (born 1935), South African cricketer
  • Derek Wadsworth (1939–2008), British composer and arranger
  • Derek Warfield (born 1943), Irish singer/songwriter and historian
  • Derek Waring, born Derek Barton-Chapple (1927–2007), English actor
  • Derek Warwick (born 1954), English F1 racing car driver
  • Derek Waters (born 1979), American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director
  • Derek Webb (born 1974), American singer-songwriter
  • Derek Whitehead (born 1944), English rugby league footballer
  • Derek Whyte (born 1968), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Woodcock, Australian rules football field umpire
  • Derek Yee (born 1957), Hong Kong film director
  • Derek Young (born 1921), American drummer from a band «Queen»
  • Derek Yu (born 1982), American independent game designer, video game artist, and blogger

Sports[edit]

A–M[edit]

  • Derek Abney (born 1980), American football wide receiver
  • Derek Anderson (American football) (born 1983), National Football League quarterback
  • Derek Anderson (basketball) (born 1974), American basketball player
  • Derek Armstrong (ice hockey) (born 1973), Canadian hockey player
  • Derek Asamoah (born 1981), Ghanaian footballer playing in Korea
  • Derek Barnett (born 1996), American football player
  • Derek Bell (auto racer) (born 1941), British F1 racing car driver
  • Derek Bell (baseball) (born 1968), American former Major League Baseball player
  • Derek Bell (footballer, born 1956), English football player
  • Derek Bell (footballer, born 1963), English football player
  • Derek Bellotti (born 1946), English football player
  • Derek Boateng (born 1983), Ghanaian footballer
  • Derek Boogaard (1982–2011), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Bryant (boxer) (born 1971), American heavyweight boxer
  • Derek Campbell (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Campos (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
  • Derek Carr (born 1991), American football player
  • Derek Cassidy (born 1986), American football player
  • Derek Chisora (born 1983), British heavyweight boxer
  • Derek Clayton (born 1942), British/Australian long-distance runner
  • Derek Collins (born 1969), Scottish footballer and football coach
  • Derek Combs (born 1979), American football player
  • Derek Cooke (born 1991), basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • Derek Couch, a.k.a. Robbie McAllister, Scottish member of Canadian tag wrestling team The Highlanders
  • Derek Cox (born 1986), American football player
  • Derek Crookes (born 1969), South African cricketer
  • Derek Curry (born 1981), American football player
  • Derek Daly (born 1953), Irish F1 racing car driver
  • Derek Darnell Brown (born 1971), American football player
  • Derek Dawkins (born 1959), English professional footballer
  • Derek de Boorder (born 1985), New Zealand cricketer
  • Derek Dennis (born 1988), American football player
  • Derek Dooley (American football coach) (born 1968), American football player and coach
  • Derek Dooley (footballer) (1929–2008), English footballer, manager and club chairman
  • Derek Dougan (1938–2007), Northern Irish footballer and club chairman
  • Derek Edwards (rugby league) (died 2020), rugby league footballer
  • Derek Fazackerley (born 1951), English footballer and coach
  • Derek Ferguson (born 1967), Scottish footballer and club manager
  • Derek Fisher (born 1974), American basketball player
  • Derek Geary (born 1980), Irish footballer who played in England
  • Derek Grimm (born 1974), American basketball player
  • Derek Hagan (born 1984), American football player (wide receiver)
  • Derek Hales (born 1951), English footballer
  • Derek Hall (cricketer) (1932–1983), English cricketer
  • Derek Hallas (born c. 1934), English rugby union and rugby league footballer
  • Derek Hardiman (born 1981), Irish hurling player
  • Derek Harper (born 1961), American basketball player and TV sports anchor
  • Derek Hawksworth (born 1927), English footballer
  • Derek Heasley (born 1972), Irish cricketer
  • Derek Higgins (born 1966), Irish Indy Lights racing car driver
  • Derek Hill (driver) (born 1975), American former Formula 3000 driver
  • Derek Ho (1964–2020), American surfer
  • Derek Holland (born 1986), American baseball player
  • Derek Holmes (born 1978), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Hood (basketball) (born 1976), American basketball player
  • Derek Howes, rugby league footballer
  • Derek Ibbotson (1932–2017), English track athlete
  • Derek Jeter (born 1974), American baseball player
  • Derek Johnson (athlete) (1933–2004), British track athlete
  • Derek Johnstone (born 1953), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Joslin (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Keenan (born 1961), Canadian lacrosse player
  • Derek Kenway (born 1978), English cricketer
  • Derek Kevan (1935–2013), English footballer
  • Derek King (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Lilley (born 1974), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Lilliquist (born 1966) American baseball player and coach
  • Derek Lowe (born 1973), American baseball player
  • Derek Lyle (born 1981), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Lyng (born 1978), Irish hurling player
  • Derek MacKenzie (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Malawsky (born 1973), Canadian lacrosse player
  • Derek McInnes (born 1971), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Meech (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Miles (born 1972), American pole vaulter
  • Derek Mills (born 1972), American track athlete
  • Derek Morgan (1929–2017), English cricketer
  • Derek Morris (ice hockey) (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Mountfield (born 1962), English footballer
  • Derek Murray (Gaelic footballer), Irish Gaelic footballer

N–Z[edit]

  • Derek Niven (born 1983), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Noonan (1947–2009), rugby union and rugby league footballer
  • Derek Norris (born 1989), American baseball player
  • Derek Oldbury a.k.a. DEO (1924–1994), British draughts champion and writer on the game
  • Derek Pace (1932–1989), English footballer
  • Derek Parker (footballer) (1926–2011), English footballer
  • Derek Parkin (born 1948), English footballer
  • Derek Parlane (born 1953), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Parra (born 1970), Mexican-American speed skater (ice)
  • Derek Perera (born 1977), Sri Lankan Canadian cricketer
  • Derek Phillips (footballer, born 1975) (born 1975), Trinidad and Tobago footballer
  • Derek Piggott (1922–2019), British glider pilot
  • Derek Plante (born 1971), American ice hockey player
  • Derek Popovich (born 1981), American footballer
  • Derek Porter (born 1967), Canadian rower
  • Derek Poundstone (born 1981), American professional strongman
  • Derek Pringle (born 1958), English cricketer and cricket journalist
  • Derek Quinnell (born 1949), Welsh rugby union player
  • Derek Rackley (born 1977), American football player
  • Derek Rae (born 1967), Scottish soccer commentator
  • Derek Randall (born 1951), English cricketer
  • Derek Redmond (born 1965), English track athlete
  • Derek Reeves (1934–1995), English footballer
  • Derek Ringer (born 1956), Scottish rally driver
  • Derek Riordan (born 1983), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Rivers (born 1994), American football player
  • Derek Rodier (born 1959), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Roy (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Sanderson (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player and business executive
  • Derek Saunders (1928–2018), English footballer
  • Derek Sealy (1912–1982), West Indian cricketer
  • Derek Shackleton (1924–2007), English cricketer
  • Derek Shaw (businessman), English football club chairman
  • Derek Smethurst (born 1948), South African footballer, author and sports consultant
  • Derek Smith (basketball), (1961–1996), American basketball player
  • Derek Smith (ice hockey born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Smith (ice hockey born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Smith (linebacker) (born 1975), American football player
  • Derek Smith (tight end) (born 1980), American football player
  • Derek Soutar (born 1981), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Derek Stillie (born 1973), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Derek Stingley (born 1971), American football player
  • Derek Stingley Jr. (born 2001), American football player
  • Derek Stirling (born 1961), New Zealand cricketer
  • Derek Strong (born 1968), American basketball player and racing driver
  • Derek Tapscott (1932–2008), Welsh footballer
  • Derek Temple (born 1938), English footballer
  • Derek Tracey (born 1971), Irish footballer
  • Derek Trent (born 1980), American pairs ice skater
  • Derek Turner (1932–2015), rugby league footballer
  • Derek Ufton (born 1928), English cricketer
  • Derek Underwood (born 1945), English cricketer
  • Derek Varnals (born 1935), South African cricketer
  • Derek Warwick (born 1954), English F1 racing car driver
  • Derek Whitehead (born 1944), rugby league footballer
  • Derek Whyte (born 1968), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Woodcock, Australian rules football field umpire

Business[edit]

  • Derek Burney Jr. (born 1962), Canadian corporate senior executive
  • Derek Lambie (born 1975), Scottish newspaper editor
  • Derek V. Smith, American business executive

Politics[edit]

  • Derek Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury (1918–2017), British civil servant, agricultural expert and politician
  • Derek Beackon, English lorry driver and politician
  • Derek Bedson (1920–1989), Canadian civil servant
  • Derek Blackburn (1934–2017), Canadian politician
  • Derek Brownlee (born 1974), Scottish politician
  • Derek Bryan (1910–2003), British diplomat
  • Derek Burney (born 1939), Canadian businessman, diplomat and political strategist
  • Derek Clark (born 1933), British politician and science teacher
  • Derek Conway (born 1953), British politician
  • Derek Coombs (1937–2014), British politician and corporate executive
  • Derek Corrigan, Canadian politician
  • Derek Croxton, American history researcher and writer
  • Derek Draper (born 1967), English former lobbyist involved in Cash for Access scandal in 1999, subsequently a psychotherapist
  • Derek Enright (1935–1995), British politician
  • Derek Ezra, Baron Ezra (1919–2015) British politician and corporate executive
  • Derek Fatchett (1945–1999), British politician
  • Derek Fletcher (born 1951), Canadian politician born in England
  • Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland (1937–2019), British politician
  • Derek Freeman (1916–2001), New Zealand anthropologist
  • Derek Gregory (born 1951), British geographer
  • Derek Hatton (born 1948), English politician, businessman and after-dinner speaker
  • Derek Holland (activist), British politician and writer who uses several pen-names: Harry Worthington, Rory O’Connor, D. Liam O’Huallachain, Derek O’Huallachain, and Deric O’Huallachain
  • Derek Humphry (born 1930), writer of the suicide handbook Final Exit and president of the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization
  • Derek Hussey (born 1948), Northern Irish politician
  • Derek Keppel (1863–1944), British nobleman, soldier and member of the royal household
  • Derek Laud (born 1964), English political lobbyist
  • Derek Lee (politician) (born 1948), Canadian lawyer and politician
  • Derek Lodge (1929–1996), English civil servant and statistician
  • Derek Mackay (born 1977), Scottish politician
  • Derek McDowell (born 1958), Irish politician
  • Derek Mooney (born 1962), Irish ministerial adviser and [(Fianna Fáil)] campaign manager
  • Derek Moore-Brabazon, 2nd Baron Brabazon of Tara (1910–1974)
  • Derek Morris (academic) (born 1945), British academic, formerly chairperson of the Competition Commission
  • Derek Oulton (1927–2016), lawyer and civil servant
  • Derek Page, Baron Whaddon (1927–2005), British politician
  • Derek Prag (1923–2010), British politician
  • Derek Quigley (born 1932), New Zealand politician
  • Derek Robinson (trade unionist) (1927–2017), British motor industry shop steward a.k.a. «Red Robbo»
  • Derek Schofield (born 1945), Chief Justice of Gibraltar
  • Derek Simpson (trade unionist) (born 1944), British trade unionist
  • Derek Spencer (born 1936), British politician
  • Derek Hugh Taylor (born 1951), Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 1995 to 2003
  • Derek Twigg (born 1959) English politician
  • Derek James Walding (1937–2007), Canadian politician, born in England
  • Derek Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne (1910–1992), British politician
  • Derek Wall, British politician
  • Derek Watkins, British docker shop steward, member of the Pentonville Five
  • «Derek Wee», name used in a controversial blog by Wee Siew Kim (born 1960), Singaporean politician
  • Derek Wells (born 1946), Canadian politician and lawyer
  • Derek Worlock (1920–1996), British Roman Catholic bishop
  • Derek Wyatt (born 1949), British politician

Science, education and academics[edit]

  • Derek Abbott (born 1960), physicist and electronic engineer
  • Derek Barton (1918–1998), British physical chemist and Nobel Prize laureate
  • Derek Bickerton (1926–2018), linguist and academic
  • Derek Birley (1926–2002), academic and educator
  • Derek Blake, academic and research scientist
  • Derek Bok (born 1930), American lawyer and educator
  • Derek Briggs (born 1950), Irish paleontologist
  • Derek Denny-Brown (1901–1981), British neurologist
  • Derek Denton (1924–2022), Australian scientist
  • Derek Hirst (born 1948), English historian of early-modern Britain
  • Derek Hockridge (1934–2013), British translator, lecturer and expert in French society and culture
  • Derek Hopwood (1933–2020), British academic and author
  • Derek Long (born 1925), former professor of structural chemistry at the University of Bradford, working in the field of Raman spectroscopy
  • Derek McCormack, New Zealand biochemist and academic
  • Derek Wragge Morley (1920–1969) independent science consultant and journalist noted for study of ants
  • Derek Parfit (1942–2017), British philosopher and academic
  • Derek J. de Solla Price (1922–1983), information scientist and science historian
  • Derek Ratcliffe (1929–2005), British nature conservationist
  • Derek Roe (1937–2014), British paleolithic archeologist and academic
  • Derek Summerfield, controversial psychiatrist and writer
  • Derek Taunt (1917–2004), British mathematician and codebreaker
  • Derek van der Kooy (born 1952), scientist and academic working in stem cell research

Writing[edit]

  • Derek Beaulieu (born 1973), Canadian poet, publisher and anthologist
  • Derek Benz (born 1971), American author of children’s fantasy
  • Derek Hansen (born 1944), New Zealand/Australia fiction writer, born in England
  • Derek Jameson (1929–2012), British journalist
  • Derek Landy (born 1974), Irish author and screenwriter
  • Derek Mahon (1941–2020), Irish poet
  • Derek Marlowe (1938–1996), English playwright, novelist and screenwriter
  • Derek McCormack (born 1969), Canadian fiction writer
  • Derek Parker (born 1932), British writer and broadcaster
  • Derek Raymond (1931–1994), English noir writer
  • Derek Robinson (novelist) (born 1932), British military aviation novelist and pilot
  • Derek Tangye (1912–1996), English author
  • Derek Taylor (1932–1997), British journalist and press agent for The Beatles
  • Derek Turner (journalist) (born 1964), Irish journalist
  • Derek Walcott (1930–2017), West Indian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist
  • Derek Wood (author) (1930–2003), author of Jane’s World Aircraft Recognition Handbook

Miscellaneous[edit]

  • Derek Bentley (1933–1953), Englishman hanged for murder and subsequently pardoned
  • Derek Chauvin (born 1976), American former police officer convicted in the murder of George Floyd
  • Derek Anthony Seagrim (1903–1943), English soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Derek Watson (priest) (born 1938), British retired churchman, former Dean of Salisbury in the Church of England
  • Derek Wood (c. 1964 – 1988), one of two British soldiers killed in the 1988 Corporals killings incident

Spelling variants[edit]

Derrek
  • Derrek Konrad (born 1943), Canadian politician
  • Derrek Lee (born 1975), American former baseball player
  • Derrek Tuszka (born 1997), American football player
Derrick
  • Derrick (name)
Derick
  • Derick (name)
Deryck
  • Deryck Guyler (1914–1999), English actor
  • Deryck Whibley (born 1980), Canadian singer-songwriter

Fictional characters[edit]

  • Derek and Clive, controversial cult characters portrayed by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook
  • Derek the dark green diesel, character from Thomas the Tank Engine
  • Derek the Sheep, eponymous character in a comic strip in the Beano
  • Derek Almond, character in the graphic novel V for Vendetta
  • Derek Blunt, anthropomorphic hawk in Darkwing Duck
  • Derek Branning, character in the BBC soap EastEnders
  • Derek Conway, character in British TV series The Bill
  • Derek Faye, character in The Catherine Tate Show who appears to be in denial about his sexuality
  • Derek Flint, eponymous character in Our Man Flint
  • Derek Frye, character in the ABC soap opera All My Children
  • Derek Generic, character from the animated series Bobby’s World.
  • Derek Harkinson, character in the BBC soap EastEnders
  • Derek Hale, character in MTV’s Teen Wolf played by Tyler Hoechlin
  • Derek Klivian, pilot in the Rogue Squadron from Star Wars
  • Derek Morgan, character in the criminal drama series Criminal Minds played by Shemar Moore
  • Derek Noakes, eponymous character in the comedy-drama pilot Derek
  • Derek O’Farrell, character in the British soap Brookside
  • Derek Powers a.k.a. Blight, supervillain in the animated series Batman Beyond
  • Derek Shepherd former Head of Neurosurgery at Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital, in the American medical series Grey’s Anatomy
  • Derek Smalls, character in the spoof rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap
  • Derek Stiles, character in the Trauma Center series of video games
  • Derek Taylor, a character in the American TV sitcom Silver Spoons
  • Derek Trotter, character in the TV comedy series Only Fools and Horses
  • Derek Vinyard, character in the American crime drama film American History X
  • Derek Venturi, title character in the Canadian TV show Life with Derek
  • Derek Wheeler a.k.a. «Wheels», character in the Degrassi series
  • Derek Wildstar, character in the TV series Star Blazers
  • Derek Wilton, character in the TV soap Coronation Street
  • Derek Zoolander, eponymous character in the film Zoolander
  • Derek (The Good Place character), character in The Good Place
  • Derek Lucks, former head of TASCorp, inventor of the Meta Runner arm and overall antagonist of season 1 and 2 of the Meta Runner internet series. He was shot in the head by Masa (under the control of Dr. Sheridan) in the last episode of season 2.
  • Prince Derek, one of the main characters in the animated film The Swan Princess

Popularity[edit]

Since 1940, the peak of the popularity of the name Derek in the United States was in the 1980s.

Popularity ranks of «Derek» in the USA since 1943
Columns are years within decade.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2010s 170 181 182
2000s 121 132 139 149 156 172 159 142 159 168
1990s 54 59 62 67 77 83 101 106 110 114
1980s 50 53 50 51 52 56 57 54 53 54
1970s 77 63 67 69 74 83 84 82 75 72
1960s 247 205 187 177 172 166 141 123 122 109
1950s 470 407 363 378 362 331 300 283 256 254
1940s 714 953 ^ 956 891 862 641

Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth.

^ Rank > 1000

Source: Social Security Administration.[3]

1940

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

[clarification needed][What does the vertical scale of this chart represent?]

See also[edit]

  • All pages beginning with Derek
  • Darrick
  • Derrick (disambiguation)

References[edit]

  1. ^ see Gerhard Dumbar, Het kerkelyk en wereltlyk Deventer (1752) for an edition of name lists of Deventer. See also Ubbo Emmius, De agro Frisiae inter Amasum et Lavicom Syntagma (1646) for an edition of late medieval name lists from Frisia.
  2. ^ Arthur Collins, The peerage of England (1779)
  3. ^ «Popular Baby Names». Social Security Administration.

External links[edit]

  • Behind the Name Article

Derek, Derrek, Derick, Derrick, Licrick

Pronunciation
Gender Male
Origin
Word/name short form of Diederik
Meaning see Theodoric
Other names
Related names Diederik, Dierk, Dieter, Dietrich, Dirk, Terry, Theodoric, Thierry, Tudor, Tudur

Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of Diederik, the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of «people-ruler».

Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derick, Dereck, Derrick, and Deric. Low German and Dutch short forms of Diederik are Dik, Dirck, and Dirk.

History[edit]

The English form of the name arises in the 15th century, via import from the Low Countries. The native English (Anglo-Saxon) form of the name was Deoric or Deodric, from Old English Þēodrīc, but this name had fallen out of use in the medieval period. During the Late Middle Ages, there was intense contact between the territories adjacent to the North Sea, in particular due to the activities of the Hanseatic League. As a result, there was a lot of cross-pollination between Low German, Dutch, English, Danish and Norwegian. The given name Derk is found in records of the Low Countries from the early 14th century, and in the spelling Derck becomes rather common in name lists compiled in the Habsburg Netherlands during the early 16th century.[1] An early bearer of the name Derek was lord of Keppel, Gelderland, in the early 14th century. A Derek van Keppel, lord of Verwoelde, died in 1495 and was succeeded by his eldest son, also called Derek van Keppel. A later Derek van Keppel died in 1646, succeeded by Asewolt van Keppel, the father of Arnold van Keppel, who in 1688 was created Earl of Albemarle in the Peerage of England.[2]

Given name[edit]

Arts and entertainment[edit]

A–M[edit]

  • Derek Acorah (1950–2020), British TV personality
  • Derek Almstead (born 1974), musician/engineer
  • Derek and the Dominos (active 1970–1971), blues-rock group
  • Derek Andersen, one half of the DJ duo SLANDER
  • Derek Bailey (guitarist) (1930–2005), jazz guitarist
  • Derek Barbosa (born 1971), a.k.a. Chino XL, American rapper
  • Derek Batey (1928–2013), British TV presenter
  • Derek Bell (musician) (1935–2002), Irish harpist and composer
  • Derek Benfield (1926–2009), British actor and playwright
  • Derek Bermel (born 1967), American composer, clarinetist and conductor
  • Derek Michael Besant (born 1950), Canadian artist
  • Derek Bloom (born 1983), drummer of From First to Last
  • Derek Bogaerde, birth name of Dirk Bogarde (1921–1999), British actor of Dutch/Scottish ancestry
  • Derek Boland (1965-2009), a.k.a. Derek B, British DJ and rapper
  • Derek Bond (1920–2006), actor, director and playwright
  • Derek Boshier (born 1937), British pop artist
  • Derek Bourgeois (1941–2017), English composer
  • Derek Brockway (born 1967), Welsh meteorologist and TV presenter
  • Derek Buckner, American realistic painter
  • Derek Cecil (born 1973), American actor
  • Derek Charke (born 1974), Canadian composer and flutist
  • Derek de Lint (born 1950), Dutch actor
  • Derek Deadman (1940–2014), British actor
  • Derek Dick (born 1958), a.k.a. Fish, Scottish progressive rock singer/songwriter
  • Derek Dingle (1937–2004), English close-up magician who lived in New York
  • Derek Drymon (born 1965), American writer and storyboard artist
  • Derek Edwards (born 1958), Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
  • Derek Elphinstone (1913–1999), British actor
  • Derek Erdman (born 1973), American artist
  • Derek Floyd, American artist, brother of Cyndi Floyd, together performing as Philly sound duo Derek & Cyndi
  • Derek Forbes (born 1956), Scottish bassist
  • Derek Ford (1932–1995), English film director/writer
  • Derek Fordjour (born 1974), artist/painter and documentary producer
  • Derek Fowlds (1937–2020), English actor
  • Derek Francis (1923–1984), British comedy and character actor
  • Derek Fudesco, bassist and vocalist with indie rock band Pretty Girls Make Graves
  • Derek Gledhill, American drummer member of alternative rock/post-grunge music group Smile Empty Soul
  • Derek Grant (drummer) (born 1977), drummer for punk band Alkaline Trio
  • Derek Griffiths (born 1946), British actor
  • Derek Guille (born 1951), Australian radio presenter
  • Derek Hammond-Stroud (1926–2012), English opera singer
  • Derek Hanjora (born 1981), American Podcast Host
  • Derek Hartley (born 1969), American radio talk-show host
  • Derek Harvie (born 1971), Canadian entertainment writer and producer, living in the U.S.
  • Derek Hess, American poster and album-cover artist
  • Derek Hill (painter) (1916–2000), English portrait and landscape painter
  • Derek R. Hill, film production designer
  • Derek Hough (born 1985), American dancer, choreographer, musician and actor
  • Derek Jacobi (born 1938), English actor and director
  • Derek Jarman (1942–1994), English film director, stage designer, artist and writer
  • Derek, a stage name, along with Johnny Cymbal, of Scottish-born American songwriter, singer and record producer born John Hendry Blair (1945–1993)
  • Derek Kirk Kim (born 1974), American cartoonist
  • Derek Kok (born 1964), Hong Kong actor
  • Derek Lamb (1936–2005), American animation film-maker and producer
  • Derek Leckenby (1943–1994), English musician and guitarist, member of Herman’s Hermits
  • Derek Longmuir (born 1951), drummer with the Bay City Rollers
  • Derek Luke (born 1974), American actor
  • Derek Ma (born 1990), Professor in natural hazards and humanitarian engineering
  • Derek Malcolm (born 1932), British film critic
  • Derek Martin (born 1933), English actor
  • Derek McCulloch (1897–1967), BBC radio presenter and producer
  • Derek McGrath (born 1951), Canadian actor
  • Derek Meddings (1931–1995), British TV and cinema special effects expert
  • Derek Mooney (born 1967), Irish radio and TV personality and producer
  • Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds), fictional character
  • Derek Murphy (musician), American drummer and session musician
  • Derek X, a stage name, along with Sadat X, of American rapper Derek Murphy (born 1968)

N–Z[edit]

  • Derek Newark (1933–1998), English actor
  • Derek Nimmo (1930–1999), English character actor
  • Derek O’Brien (drummer) (born 1963), drummer and music producer
  • Derek Oldham (1887–1968), English tenor
  • Derek Paravicini (born 1979), English blind autistic savant and musical prodigy
  • Derek Pascoe (born 1957), American vocalist
  • Derek Pressnall, guitarist for the indie-pop group Tilly and the Wall
  • Derek Prince (1915–2003), American Christian radio preacher
  • Derek Lee Ragin (born 1958), American singer
  • Derek Richardson (actor) (born 1976), American actor
  • Derek Riggs (born 1958), British artist
  • Derek Riordan (born 1983), Scottish footballer (striker)
  • Derek Rodier (born 1959), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Roy (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Royle (1929–1990), English actor
  • Derek Sanderson (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player and business executive
  • Derek Saunders (1928–2018), English footballer
  • Derek Sealy (1912–1982), West Indian cricketer
  • Derek Shackleton (1924–2007), English cricketer
  • Derek Shaw (businessman), English football club chairman
  • Derek Sherinian (born 1966), American keyboard musician, composer and producer
  • Derek Shulman (born 1947), Scottish singer/instrumentalist and record executive
  • Derek Smart, controversial designer of video games
  • Derek Smethurst (born 1948), South African footballer, author and sports consultant
  • Derek Smith (basketball), (1961–1996), American basketball player
  • Derek Smith (ice hockey born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Smith (ice hockey born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Smith (linebacker) (born 1975), American football player
  • Derek Smith (Tight End) (born 1980), American football player
  • Derek Smith (born 1979), a.k.a. Pretty Lights, American electronic musician
  • Derek Soutar (born 1981), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Derek St. Holmes (born 1953), rock musician
  • Derek Stephen Prince (born 1969), American voice actor and radio host
  • Derek Stillie (born 1973), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Derek Stirling (born 1961), New Zealand cricketer
  • Derek Strong (born 1968), American basketball player and racing driver
  • Derek Tapscott (1932–2008), Welsh footballer
  • Derek Taylor, Canadian news anchor and sportscaster
  • Derek Temple (born 1938), English footballer
  • Derek Thompson (actor) (born 1948), Northern Irish TV actor
  • Derek Thompson, a.k.a. Hoodlum Priest, musician and record producer and engineer
  • Derek Tracey (born 1971), Irish footballer
  • Derek Trent (born 1980), American ice skater (pairs)
  • Derek Trucks (born 1979), American blues-rock guitarist
  • Derek Turner (1932–2015), rugby league footballer
  • Derek Ufton (1928–2021), English cricketer
  • Derek Underwood (born 1945), English cricketer
  • Derek Varnals (born 1935), South African cricketer
  • Derek Wadsworth (1939–2008), British composer and arranger
  • Derek Warfield (born 1943), Irish singer/songwriter and historian
  • Derek Waring, born Derek Barton-Chapple (1927–2007), English actor
  • Derek Warwick (born 1954), English F1 racing car driver
  • Derek Waters (born 1979), American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director
  • Derek Webb (born 1974), American singer-songwriter
  • Derek Whitehead (born 1944), English rugby league footballer
  • Derek Whyte (born 1968), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Woodcock, Australian rules football field umpire
  • Derek Yee (born 1957), Hong Kong film director
  • Derek Young (born 1921), American drummer from a band «Queen»
  • Derek Yu (born 1982), American independent game designer, video game artist, and blogger

Sports[edit]

A–M[edit]

  • Derek Abney (born 1980), American football wide receiver
  • Derek Anderson (American football) (born 1983), National Football League quarterback
  • Derek Anderson (basketball) (born 1974), American basketball player
  • Derek Armstrong (ice hockey) (born 1973), Canadian hockey player
  • Derek Asamoah (born 1981), Ghanaian footballer playing in Korea
  • Derek Barnett (born 1996), American football player
  • Derek Bell (auto racer) (born 1941), British F1 racing car driver
  • Derek Bell (baseball) (born 1968), American former Major League Baseball player
  • Derek Bell (footballer, born 1956), English football player
  • Derek Bell (footballer, born 1963), English football player
  • Derek Bellotti (born 1946), English football player
  • Derek Boateng (born 1983), Ghanaian footballer
  • Derek Boogaard (1982–2011), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Bryant (boxer) (born 1971), American heavyweight boxer
  • Derek Campbell (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Campos (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
  • Derek Carr (born 1991), American football player
  • Derek Cassidy (born 1986), American football player
  • Derek Chisora (born 1983), British heavyweight boxer
  • Derek Clayton (born 1942), British/Australian long-distance runner
  • Derek Collins (born 1969), Scottish footballer and football coach
  • Derek Combs (born 1979), American football player
  • Derek Cooke (born 1991), basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • Derek Couch, a.k.a. Robbie McAllister, Scottish member of Canadian tag wrestling team The Highlanders
  • Derek Cox (born 1986), American football player
  • Derek Crookes (born 1969), South African cricketer
  • Derek Curry (born 1981), American football player
  • Derek Daly (born 1953), Irish F1 racing car driver
  • Derek Darnell Brown (born 1971), American football player
  • Derek Dawkins (born 1959), English professional footballer
  • Derek de Boorder (born 1985), New Zealand cricketer
  • Derek Dennis (born 1988), American football player
  • Derek Dooley (American football coach) (born 1968), American football player and coach
  • Derek Dooley (footballer) (1929–2008), English footballer, manager and club chairman
  • Derek Dougan (1938–2007), Northern Irish footballer and club chairman
  • Derek Edwards (rugby league) (died 2020), rugby league footballer
  • Derek Fazackerley (born 1951), English footballer and coach
  • Derek Ferguson (born 1967), Scottish footballer and club manager
  • Derek Fisher (born 1974), American basketball player
  • Derek Geary (born 1980), Irish footballer who played in England
  • Derek Grimm (born 1974), American basketball player
  • Derek Hagan (born 1984), American football player (wide receiver)
  • Derek Hales (born 1951), English footballer
  • Derek Hall (cricketer) (1932–1983), English cricketer
  • Derek Hallas (born c. 1934), English rugby union and rugby league footballer
  • Derek Hardiman (born 1981), Irish hurling player
  • Derek Harper (born 1961), American basketball player and TV sports anchor
  • Derek Hawksworth (born 1927), English footballer
  • Derek Heasley (born 1972), Irish cricketer
  • Derek Higgins (born 1966), Irish Indy Lights racing car driver
  • Derek Hill (driver) (born 1975), American former Formula 3000 driver
  • Derek Ho (1964–2020), American surfer
  • Derek Holland (born 1986), American baseball player
  • Derek Holmes (born 1978), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Hood (basketball) (born 1976), American basketball player
  • Derek Howes, rugby league footballer
  • Derek Ibbotson (1932–2017), English track athlete
  • Derek Jeter (born 1974), American baseball player
  • Derek Johnson (athlete) (1933–2004), British track athlete
  • Derek Johnstone (born 1953), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Joslin (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Keenan (born 1961), Canadian lacrosse player
  • Derek Kenway (born 1978), English cricketer
  • Derek Kevan (1935–2013), English footballer
  • Derek King (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Lilley (born 1974), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Lilliquist (born 1966) American baseball player and coach
  • Derek Lowe (born 1973), American baseball player
  • Derek Lyle (born 1981), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Lyng (born 1978), Irish hurling player
  • Derek MacKenzie (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Malawsky (born 1973), Canadian lacrosse player
  • Derek McInnes (born 1971), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Meech (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Miles (born 1972), American pole vaulter
  • Derek Mills (born 1972), American track athlete
  • Derek Morgan (1929–2017), English cricketer
  • Derek Morris (ice hockey) (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Mountfield (born 1962), English footballer
  • Derek Murray (Gaelic footballer), Irish Gaelic footballer

N–Z[edit]

  • Derek Niven (born 1983), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Noonan (1947–2009), rugby union and rugby league footballer
  • Derek Norris (born 1989), American baseball player
  • Derek Oldbury a.k.a. DEO (1924–1994), British draughts champion and writer on the game
  • Derek Pace (1932–1989), English footballer
  • Derek Parker (footballer) (1926–2011), English footballer
  • Derek Parkin (born 1948), English footballer
  • Derek Parlane (born 1953), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Parra (born 1970), Mexican-American speed skater (ice)
  • Derek Perera (born 1977), Sri Lankan Canadian cricketer
  • Derek Phillips (footballer, born 1975) (born 1975), Trinidad and Tobago footballer
  • Derek Piggott (1922–2019), British glider pilot
  • Derek Plante (born 1971), American ice hockey player
  • Derek Popovich (born 1981), American footballer
  • Derek Porter (born 1967), Canadian rower
  • Derek Poundstone (born 1981), American professional strongman
  • Derek Pringle (born 1958), English cricketer and cricket journalist
  • Derek Quinnell (born 1949), Welsh rugby union player
  • Derek Rackley (born 1977), American football player
  • Derek Rae (born 1967), Scottish soccer commentator
  • Derek Randall (born 1951), English cricketer
  • Derek Redmond (born 1965), English track athlete
  • Derek Reeves (1934–1995), English footballer
  • Derek Ringer (born 1956), Scottish rally driver
  • Derek Riordan (born 1983), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Rivers (born 1994), American football player
  • Derek Rodier (born 1959), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Roy (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Sanderson (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player and business executive
  • Derek Saunders (1928–2018), English footballer
  • Derek Sealy (1912–1982), West Indian cricketer
  • Derek Shackleton (1924–2007), English cricketer
  • Derek Shaw (businessman), English football club chairman
  • Derek Smethurst (born 1948), South African footballer, author and sports consultant
  • Derek Smith (basketball), (1961–1996), American basketball player
  • Derek Smith (ice hockey born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Smith (ice hockey born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Smith (linebacker) (born 1975), American football player
  • Derek Smith (tight end) (born 1980), American football player
  • Derek Soutar (born 1981), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Derek Stillie (born 1973), Scottish football goalkeeper
  • Derek Stingley (born 1971), American football player
  • Derek Stingley Jr. (born 2001), American football player
  • Derek Stirling (born 1961), New Zealand cricketer
  • Derek Strong (born 1968), American basketball player and racing driver
  • Derek Tapscott (1932–2008), Welsh footballer
  • Derek Temple (born 1938), English footballer
  • Derek Tracey (born 1971), Irish footballer
  • Derek Trent (born 1980), American pairs ice skater
  • Derek Turner (1932–2015), rugby league footballer
  • Derek Ufton (born 1928), English cricketer
  • Derek Underwood (born 1945), English cricketer
  • Derek Varnals (born 1935), South African cricketer
  • Derek Warwick (born 1954), English F1 racing car driver
  • Derek Whitehead (born 1944), rugby league footballer
  • Derek Whyte (born 1968), Scottish footballer
  • Derek Woodcock, Australian rules football field umpire

Business[edit]

  • Derek Burney Jr. (born 1962), Canadian corporate senior executive
  • Derek Lambie (born 1975), Scottish newspaper editor
  • Derek V. Smith, American business executive

Politics[edit]

  • Derek Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury (1918–2017), British civil servant, agricultural expert and politician
  • Derek Beackon, English lorry driver and politician
  • Derek Bedson (1920–1989), Canadian civil servant
  • Derek Blackburn (1934–2017), Canadian politician
  • Derek Brownlee (born 1974), Scottish politician
  • Derek Bryan (1910–2003), British diplomat
  • Derek Burney (born 1939), Canadian businessman, diplomat and political strategist
  • Derek Clark (born 1933), British politician and science teacher
  • Derek Conway (born 1953), British politician
  • Derek Coombs (1937–2014), British politician and corporate executive
  • Derek Corrigan, Canadian politician
  • Derek Croxton, American history researcher and writer
  • Derek Draper (born 1967), English former lobbyist involved in Cash for Access scandal in 1999, subsequently a psychotherapist
  • Derek Enright (1935–1995), British politician
  • Derek Ezra, Baron Ezra (1919–2015) British politician and corporate executive
  • Derek Fatchett (1945–1999), British politician
  • Derek Fletcher (born 1951), Canadian politician born in England
  • Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland (1937–2019), British politician
  • Derek Freeman (1916–2001), New Zealand anthropologist
  • Derek Gregory (born 1951), British geographer
  • Derek Hatton (born 1948), English politician, businessman and after-dinner speaker
  • Derek Holland (activist), British politician and writer who uses several pen-names: Harry Worthington, Rory O’Connor, D. Liam O’Huallachain, Derek O’Huallachain, and Deric O’Huallachain
  • Derek Humphry (born 1930), writer of the suicide handbook Final Exit and president of the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization
  • Derek Hussey (born 1948), Northern Irish politician
  • Derek Keppel (1863–1944), British nobleman, soldier and member of the royal household
  • Derek Laud (born 1964), English political lobbyist
  • Derek Lee (politician) (born 1948), Canadian lawyer and politician
  • Derek Lodge (1929–1996), English civil servant and statistician
  • Derek Mackay (born 1977), Scottish politician
  • Derek McDowell (born 1958), Irish politician
  • Derek Mooney (born 1962), Irish ministerial adviser and [(Fianna Fáil)] campaign manager
  • Derek Moore-Brabazon, 2nd Baron Brabazon of Tara (1910–1974)
  • Derek Morris (academic) (born 1945), British academic, formerly chairperson of the Competition Commission
  • Derek Oulton (1927–2016), lawyer and civil servant
  • Derek Page, Baron Whaddon (1927–2005), British politician
  • Derek Prag (1923–2010), British politician
  • Derek Quigley (born 1932), New Zealand politician
  • Derek Robinson (trade unionist) (1927–2017), British motor industry shop steward a.k.a. «Red Robbo»
  • Derek Schofield (born 1945), Chief Justice of Gibraltar
  • Derek Simpson (trade unionist) (born 1944), British trade unionist
  • Derek Spencer (born 1936), British politician
  • Derek Hugh Taylor (born 1951), Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 1995 to 2003
  • Derek Twigg (born 1959) English politician
  • Derek James Walding (1937–2007), Canadian politician, born in England
  • Derek Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne (1910–1992), British politician
  • Derek Wall, British politician
  • Derek Watkins, British docker shop steward, member of the Pentonville Five
  • «Derek Wee», name used in a controversial blog by Wee Siew Kim (born 1960), Singaporean politician
  • Derek Wells (born 1946), Canadian politician and lawyer
  • Derek Worlock (1920–1996), British Roman Catholic bishop
  • Derek Wyatt (born 1949), British politician

Science, education and academics[edit]

  • Derek Abbott (born 1960), physicist and electronic engineer
  • Derek Barton (1918–1998), British physical chemist and Nobel Prize laureate
  • Derek Bickerton (1926–2018), linguist and academic
  • Derek Birley (1926–2002), academic and educator
  • Derek Blake, academic and research scientist
  • Derek Bok (born 1930), American lawyer and educator
  • Derek Briggs (born 1950), Irish paleontologist
  • Derek Denny-Brown (1901–1981), British neurologist
  • Derek Denton (1924–2022), Australian scientist
  • Derek Hirst (born 1948), English historian of early-modern Britain
  • Derek Hockridge (1934–2013), British translator, lecturer and expert in French society and culture
  • Derek Hopwood (1933–2020), British academic and author
  • Derek Long (born 1925), former professor of structural chemistry at the University of Bradford, working in the field of Raman spectroscopy
  • Derek McCormack, New Zealand biochemist and academic
  • Derek Wragge Morley (1920–1969) independent science consultant and journalist noted for study of ants
  • Derek Parfit (1942–2017), British philosopher and academic
  • Derek J. de Solla Price (1922–1983), information scientist and science historian
  • Derek Ratcliffe (1929–2005), British nature conservationist
  • Derek Roe (1937–2014), British paleolithic archeologist and academic
  • Derek Summerfield, controversial psychiatrist and writer
  • Derek Taunt (1917–2004), British mathematician and codebreaker
  • Derek van der Kooy (born 1952), scientist and academic working in stem cell research

Writing[edit]

  • Derek Beaulieu (born 1973), Canadian poet, publisher and anthologist
  • Derek Benz (born 1971), American author of children’s fantasy
  • Derek Hansen (born 1944), New Zealand/Australia fiction writer, born in England
  • Derek Jameson (1929–2012), British journalist
  • Derek Landy (born 1974), Irish author and screenwriter
  • Derek Mahon (1941–2020), Irish poet
  • Derek Marlowe (1938–1996), English playwright, novelist and screenwriter
  • Derek McCormack (born 1969), Canadian fiction writer
  • Derek Parker (born 1932), British writer and broadcaster
  • Derek Raymond (1931–1994), English noir writer
  • Derek Robinson (novelist) (born 1932), British military aviation novelist and pilot
  • Derek Tangye (1912–1996), English author
  • Derek Taylor (1932–1997), British journalist and press agent for The Beatles
  • Derek Turner (journalist) (born 1964), Irish journalist
  • Derek Walcott (1930–2017), West Indian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist
  • Derek Wood (author) (1930–2003), author of Jane’s World Aircraft Recognition Handbook

Miscellaneous[edit]

  • Derek Bentley (1933–1953), Englishman hanged for murder and subsequently pardoned
  • Derek Chauvin (born 1976), American former police officer convicted in the murder of George Floyd
  • Derek Anthony Seagrim (1903–1943), English soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Derek Watson (priest) (born 1938), British retired churchman, former Dean of Salisbury in the Church of England
  • Derek Wood (c. 1964 – 1988), one of two British soldiers killed in the 1988 Corporals killings incident

Spelling variants[edit]

Derrek
  • Derrek Konrad (born 1943), Canadian politician
  • Derrek Lee (born 1975), American former baseball player
  • Derrek Tuszka (born 1997), American football player
Derrick
  • Derrick (name)
Derick
  • Derick (name)
Deryck
  • Deryck Guyler (1914–1999), English actor
  • Deryck Whibley (born 1980), Canadian singer-songwriter

Fictional characters[edit]

  • Derek and Clive, controversial cult characters portrayed by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook
  • Derek the dark green diesel, character from Thomas the Tank Engine
  • Derek the Sheep, eponymous character in a comic strip in the Beano
  • Derek Almond, character in the graphic novel V for Vendetta
  • Derek Blunt, anthropomorphic hawk in Darkwing Duck
  • Derek Branning, character in the BBC soap EastEnders
  • Derek Conway, character in British TV series The Bill
  • Derek Faye, character in The Catherine Tate Show who appears to be in denial about his sexuality
  • Derek Flint, eponymous character in Our Man Flint
  • Derek Frye, character in the ABC soap opera All My Children
  • Derek Generic, character from the animated series Bobby’s World.
  • Derek Harkinson, character in the BBC soap EastEnders
  • Derek Hale, character in MTV’s Teen Wolf played by Tyler Hoechlin
  • Derek Klivian, pilot in the Rogue Squadron from Star Wars
  • Derek Morgan, character in the criminal drama series Criminal Minds played by Shemar Moore
  • Derek Noakes, eponymous character in the comedy-drama pilot Derek
  • Derek O’Farrell, character in the British soap Brookside
  • Derek Powers a.k.a. Blight, supervillain in the animated series Batman Beyond
  • Derek Shepherd former Head of Neurosurgery at Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital, in the American medical series Grey’s Anatomy
  • Derek Smalls, character in the spoof rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap
  • Derek Stiles, character in the Trauma Center series of video games
  • Derek Taylor, a character in the American TV sitcom Silver Spoons
  • Derek Trotter, character in the TV comedy series Only Fools and Horses
  • Derek Vinyard, character in the American crime drama film American History X
  • Derek Venturi, title character in the Canadian TV show Life with Derek
  • Derek Wheeler a.k.a. «Wheels», character in the Degrassi series
  • Derek Wildstar, character in the TV series Star Blazers
  • Derek Wilton, character in the TV soap Coronation Street
  • Derek Zoolander, eponymous character in the film Zoolander
  • Derek (The Good Place character), character in The Good Place
  • Derek Lucks, former head of TASCorp, inventor of the Meta Runner arm and overall antagonist of season 1 and 2 of the Meta Runner internet series. He was shot in the head by Masa (under the control of Dr. Sheridan) in the last episode of season 2.
  • Prince Derek, one of the main characters in the animated film The Swan Princess

Popularity[edit]

Since 1940, the peak of the popularity of the name Derek in the United States was in the 1980s.

Popularity ranks of «Derek» in the USA since 1943
Columns are years within decade.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2010s 170 181 182
2000s 121 132 139 149 156 172 159 142 159 168
1990s 54 59 62 67 77 83 101 106 110 114
1980s 50 53 50 51 52 56 57 54 53 54
1970s 77 63 67 69 74 83 84 82 75 72
1960s 247 205 187 177 172 166 141 123 122 109
1950s 470 407 363 378 362 331 300 283 256 254
1940s 714 953 ^ 956 891 862 641

Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth.

^ Rank > 1000

Source: Social Security Administration.[3]

1940

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

[clarification needed][What does the vertical scale of this chart represent?]

See also[edit]

  • All pages beginning with Derek
  • Darrick
  • Derrick (disambiguation)

References[edit]

  1. ^ see Gerhard Dumbar, Het kerkelyk en wereltlyk Deventer (1752) for an edition of name lists of Deventer. See also Ubbo Emmius, De agro Frisiae inter Amasum et Lavicom Syntagma (1646) for an edition of late medieval name lists from Frisia.
  2. ^ Arthur Collins, The peerage of England (1779)
  3. ^ «Popular Baby Names». Social Security Administration.

External links[edit]

  • Behind the Name Article

Тайна имени Дерек

Тайна имени Дерек, характер его личности, его судьба. Сильные стороны его личности — аккуратность, уважение и дисциплина. А окружающие отмечают также и чуткость и гордость. Цвет его имени — Темно-серый, именной камень — Берилл, а число — Шесть. Среди тотемных животных этого имени можно встретить Кошка и Омар. Все подробности о тайне свойств имени Дерек, судьбе его обладателей и значения.

Чтобы ответить на вопрос о тайне имени Дерека, мы составили обширную статью. В своем исследовании мы изучили как исторические материалы, так и особенностей тайн и секретов имени. Также были затронуты и астрологические, нумерологические и духовные аспекты этого вопроса. Ключевые пункты мы изложили в виде подтемы, для вашего удобства.

Происхождение и история, значение имени Дерек

Дерек — имя со сложным и запутанным происхождением. Его носителей встречают в самых различных странах мира. Также, упоминания о нем можно найти в мифологии различных древних народов и культур. Также существуют свидетельства существования корней и составных частей в античном периоде. К сожалению, основной корень происхождения этого имени затерян в недрах истории.

Формы и падежи, склонения имени Дерек

Падежи и формы имени — довольно непростой аспект языка, наполненный множеством исключений. Так, иностранные имена имеют правила правописания, серьезно отличающиеся от русскоязычных. Список форм и падежей имени Дерек находится в этой таблице.

Падежи и формы имени
Именительный Дерек
Родительный Дерека
Дательный Дереку
Винительный Дерека
Творительный Дереком
Предложный о Дереке

Характер Дерека

Необычный склад личности Дерека наполнен такими чертами, как аккуратность, уважение и дисциплина. Также, окружающие подмечают чуткость и гордость. Такая комбинация черт личности и характера достаточно редкая, и несколько противоречива. Однако не все из них видны невооруженным глазом. Для того чтобы проявились определенные черты характера — необходимы жизненные обстоятельства.

Нумерология — число имени Дерек

Шесть

В основе нумерологического анализа лежат важные даты и числа жизни человека. Изучать характер и личность без знания точных чисел человека — довольно непросто. Но все же мы выделили самое необходимое из имени Дерека в этой области. Это позволило получить набросок образа и характера личности, особенность его типа.

Число «6» имеет достаточно много негативных ассоциаций из-за своего культурного влияния со стороны многих религий. Но в тайне и значении имени «шесть» — число с абсолютно иным смыслом. Оно символизирует собой многогранность характера Дерека, наличие разносторонних черт и наборов качеств. Если вы видите перед собой человека, чей характер достаточно затруднительно одним словом и описать кратко — скорее всего,перед вами человек, чья тайна имени сочетается с числом «6».

Именные растения и животные Дерека

Анализ тотемных символов Дерека дает возможность глубинно исследовать тонкие особенности характера. По исследованиям, тотемные растения и их символы отражают внутреннее «Я» человека. А символы тотемных животных — показывают нюансы его отношения к другим людям. Понимание качеств человека и склада личности помогает избегать конфликтов и находить общий язык.

Ведущее растение — Лавр

Лавр

Лавр — символ чуткости. Многие друзья и знакомые могут положиться на Дерека как на личность, которая не оставляет без эмоциональной поддержки, вникает в жизненные сложности и ситуации. Понимание других людей — умение, которое помогает ему как побыть какое-то время «домашним психологом» для друзей и родственников, так и достигать успехов в жизни.

Тотемное дерево — Дуб

Дуб

Дуб является символом мудрости и смышлености. Неторопливость в принятии решений — вот что окружающие отмечают у Дерека. Тщательно взвешивая всё «за» и «против». Дерек продумывает будущее на много шагов вперед. Эта особенность характера помогает ему достигать видимых успехов в жизненном пути.

Духовное дерево — Секвойя

Секвойя

Секвойя символизирует мудрость. Принятие мудрых решений требует жизненного опыта, неспешности, умения взвешивать все «за» и «против». А также — отрешенность от эмоционального влияния. Всё это — присуще Дереку в равной степени.

Ведущее животное — Омар

Омар

Омар — символ обаятельности. Дерек наделен весьма высоким уровнем харизматичности. Обаяние позволяет выстраивать прочные связи с окружающим миром, благодаря чему Дерек ощущает себя в обществе, словно рыба в воде.

Тотемное животное — Волк

Волк

Волк — символ атипичности и неординарности. Решения, которые приходят в голову Дереку, кажутся людям странными и нелогичными. Его образ мышления фактически непостижим для окружения, а тонкие нити размышлений и вовсе кажутся причудливыми. Но именно они позволяют находить решения там, где другие отчаиваются в поиске пути.

Духовное животное — Кошка

Кошка

Кошка — символ заботливости. Забота — второе имя Дерека, его умение поддержать родных и близких в минуты тягот и отчаяния считается самым ценным в глазах окружающих людей. Немаловажно, что умение дарить поддержку также является для него источником удовольствия и удовлетворения.

Цвет имени Дерека — Темно-серый

Темно-серый

Темно-серый цвет — символ щедрости. На торжествах и приемах гостей Дерек часть одаривает людей подарками, проявляет радушие. Кроме этого, он получает искреннее удовольствие от процесса дарения. Ощущение радости и благодарности — наиболее ценная плата для Дерека.

Камень имени Дерека — Берилл

Берилл

Берилл — камень трудолюбия. Это проявляется не только в карьере и рабочих вопросах. Трудолюбие помогает Дереку выстраивать жизнь, карьеру, социальные связи и добиваться одобрения от окружения.

Характер и тайна имени Дерек — краткий итог

Личность Дерека выделяется необычной предрасположенностью сочетать ценные черты характера. И даже какие-либо «отрицательные черты» — играют важную роль в человеческой жизни. К слову, в основе этого анализа лежали методологии исследования предрасположенностей носителей имени. Важно уточнить, что одной лишь предрасположенности недостаточно в вопросе становления личности. И истинный набор черт характера — результат и влияния окружения в жизни человека.

Дерек — Derek

Дерек, Деррек, Дерик, Деррик, Ликрик

Произношение
Пол мужчина
Происхождение
Слово / имя краткая форма Дидерик
Смысл увидеть Теодорик
Другие имена
Связанные имена Дидерик, Дирк, Дитер, Дитрих, Дирк, Терри, Теодорик, Тьерри, Тюдор, Тудур

Дерек это имя мужского рода. Это английский язык краткая форма Дидерик, то Низкий франконский форма имени Теодорик. Теодорих — старый Германское имя с первоначальным значением «люди -линейка «.

Распространенные варианты названия: Деррек, Дерик, Дерек, Деррик, и Deric. Нижненемецкие и голландские короткие формы Diederik являются Дик, Дирк, и Дирк.

История

Английская форма имени возникла в 15 веке благодаря импорту из Низкие страны. Исконно английская (англосаксонская) форма имени была Деорический или Деодрик, с древнеанглийского Ēodrīc, но это имя вышло из употребления в Средневековый период. В течение Позднее средневековье, имел место интенсивный контакт между территориями, прилегающими к Северное море, в частности, из-за деятельности Ганзейский союз. В результате произошло много перекрестного опыления между Нижненемецкий, Голландский, английский, Датский и Норвежский. Данное имя Дерк встречается в записях Нидерландов с начала 14 века, а в написании Дерк становится довольно распространенным в списках имен, составляемых в Габсбург Нидерланды в начале 16 века.[1] Ранний носитель имени Дерек был господином Keppel, Гелдерланд, в начале 14 века. Дерек ван Кеппель, лорд Фервельде, умер в 1495 году, и ему наследовал его старший сын, которого также звали Дерек ван Кеппель. Позже Дерек ван Кеппель умер в 1646 году, ему наследовал Азевольт ван Кеппель, отец Арнольд ван Кеппель, который в 1688 г. был создан Граф Альбемарль в Пэра Англии.[2]

Собственное имя

Искусство и развлечения

  • Дерек Акора (1950–2020), британский телеведущий
  • Дерек Алмстед (1974 г.р.), музыкант / инженер
  • Дерек и домино (активный 1970–1971), блюз-рок-группа
  • Дерек Андерсен, половина диджейского дуэта Клевета
  • Дерек Бэйли (гитарист) (1930–2005), джаз-гитарист
  • Дерек Барбоса (1971 г.р.), a.k.a. Чино XL, Американский рэпер
  • Дерек Бэти (1928–2013), британский телеведущий
  • Дерек Белл (музыкант) (1935–2002), ирландский арфист и композитор
  • Дерек Бенфилд (1926–2009), британский актер и драматург
  • Дерек Бермел (1967 г.р.), американский композитор, кларнетист и дирижер
  • Дерек Майкл Безант (1950 г.р.), канадский художник
  • Дерек Блум (1983 г.р.), барабанщик С первого до последнего
  • Дерек Богэрде, настоящее имя Дирк Богард (1921–1999), британский актер голландско-шотландского происхождения
  • Дерек Боланд (1965-2009), он же Дерек Б., Британский ди-джей и рэпер
  • Дерек Бонд (1920–2006), актер, режиссер, драматург.
  • Дерек Бошир (род. 1937), британский поп-исполнитель
  • Дерек Буржуа (1941–2017), английский композитор
  • Дерек Броквей (1967 г.р.), валлийский метеоролог и телеведущий
  • Дерек Бакнер, Американский художник-реалист
  • Дерек Сесил (1973 г.р.), американский актер
  • Дерек Чарк (1974 г.р.), канадский композитор и флейтист
  • Дерек де Линт (1950 г.р.), голландский актер
  • Дерек Мертвец (1940–2014), британский актер
  • Дерек Дик (1958 г.р.), a.k.a. Рыбы, Шотландский певец / автор песен прогрессив-рока
  • Дерек Дингл (1937–2004), английский фокусник крупным планом, живший в Нью-Йорке.
  • Дерек Дримон (1965 г.р.), американский писатель и раскадровщик
  • Дерек Эдвардс (1958 г.р.), канадский стендап-комик и актер
  • Дерек Эрдман (1973 г.р.), американский художник
  • Дерек Флойд, американский художник, брат Синди Флойд, вместе выступающий как звуковой дуэт Philly Дерек и Синди
  • Дерек Форбс (1956 г.р.), шотландский басист
  • Дерек Форд (1932–1995), английский кинорежиссер / писатель.
  • Дерек Форджур (1974 г.р.), художник / художник и продюсер-документалист
  • Дерек Фаулдс (1937–2020), английский актер
  • Дерек Фрэнсис (1923–1984), британский комедийный и характерный актер.
  • Дерек Фудеско, басист и вокалист инди-рок-группы Pretty Girls Make Graves
  • Дерек Гледхилл, Американский барабанщик, участник альтернативной рок / пост-гранжевой группы Smile Empty Soul
  • Дерек Грант (барабанщик) (1977 г.р.), барабанщик панк-группы Alkaline Trio
  • Дерек Гриффитс (1946 г.р.), британский актер
  • Дерек Гилле (1951 г.р.), австралийский радиоведущий
  • Дерек Хэммонд-Страуд (1926–2012), английский оперный певец
  • Дерек Хартли (1969 г.р.), ведущая ток-шоу на американском радио
  • Дерек Харви (1971 г.р.), канадский писатель и продюсер, живущий в США.
  • Дерек Хесс, Американский плакат и обложка альбома
  • Дерек Хилл (художник) (1916–2000), английский портретист и пейзажист.
  • Дерек Р. Хилл, художник-постановщик
  • Дерек Хаф (1985 г.р.), американский танцор, хореограф, музыкант и актер
  • Дерек Якоби (1938 г.р.), английский актер и режиссер
  • Дерек Джарман (1942–1994), английский кинорежиссер, сценограф, художник и писатель.
  • Дерек Кирк Ким (1974 г.р.), американский карикатурист
  • Дерек Кок (1964 г.р.), гонконгский актер
  • Дерек Лэмб (1936–2005), американский режиссер и продюсер анимационных фильмов.
  • Дерек Лекенби (1943–1994), английский музыкант и гитарист, член Herman’s Hermit.
  • Дерек Лонгмюр (1951 г.р.), барабанщик группы Bay City Rollers
  • Дерек Люк (1974 г.р.), американский актер
  • Дерек Малькольм (род. 1932), британский кинокритик
  • Дерек Мартин (1933 г.р.), английский актер
  • Дерек МакКаллох (1897–1967), радиоведущий и продюсер BBC
  • Дерек МакГрат (1951 г.р.), канадский актер
  • Дерек Меддингс (1931–1995), британский специалист по спецэффектам на телевидении и в кино.
  • Дерек Муни (1967 г.р.), ирландский радио- и телеведущий и продюсер
  • Дерек Морган (Мыслить как преступник), вымышленный персонаж
  • Дерек Мерфи (музыкант), Американский барабанщик и сессионный музыкант
  • Дерек Мерфи (1968 г.р.), a.k.a. Садат Х и Дерек Икс, американский рэпер
  • Дерек Ньюарк (1933–1998), английский актер
  • Дерек Ниммо (1930–1999), английский характерный актер
  • Дерек О’Брайен (барабанщик) (1963 г.р.), барабанщик и музыкальный продюсер
  • Дерек Олдхэм (1887–1968), английский тенор
  • Дерек Паравичини (1979 г.р.), английский слепой аутичный ученый и вундеркинд
  • Дерек Паско (1957 г.р.), американский вокалист
  • Дерек Прессналл, гитарист инди-поп группы Тилли и стена
  • Дерек Принс (1915–2003), американский христианский радиопроповедник
  • Дерек Ли Рэгин (род. 1958), американская певица
  • Дерек Ричардсон (актер) (1976 г.р.), американский актер
  • Дерек Риггс (род. 1958), британский художник
  • Дерек Риордан (1983 г.р.), шотландский футболист (нападающий)
  • Дерек Родье (1959 г.р.), шотландский футболист
  • Дерек Рой (1983 г.р.), канадский хоккеист
  • Дерек Ройл (1929–1990), английский актер
  • Дерек Сандерсон (1946 г.р.), канадский хоккеист и руководитель бизнеса
  • Дерек Сондерс (1928–2018), английский футболист
  • Дерек Сили (1912–1982), игрок в крикет из Вест-Индии
  • Дерек Шеклтон (1924–2007), английский игрок в крикет
  • Дерек Шоу (бизнесмен), Председатель английского футбольного клуба
  • Дерек Шеринян (1966 г.р.), американский клавишник, композитор и продюсер
  • Дерек Шульман (1947 г.р.), шотландский певец / инструменталист и исполнительный директор
  • Дерек Сиверс (1969 г.р.) основатель и бывший президент CD Baby
  • Дерек Смарт, скандальный дизайнер видеоигр
  • Дерек Сметерст (1948 г.р.), южноафриканский футболист, писатель и спортивный консультант
  • Дерек Смит (баскетбол), (1961–1996), американский баскетболист
  • Дерек Смит (хоккей, 1954 г.р.), Канадский хоккеист
  • Дерек Смит (хоккей, 1984 г.р.), Канадский хоккеист
  • Дерек Смит (полузащитник) (1975 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол
  • Дерек Смит (Tight End) (1980 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол
  • Дерек Смит (1979 г.р.), a.k.a. Pretty Lights, Американский электронный музыкант
  • Дерек Ли Смит (1984 г.р.), сценическое имя Дерек Ли Рок, барабанщик Suburban Legends
  • Дерек Сутар (1981 г.р.), шотландский футбольный вратарь
  • Дерек Сент-Холмс (1953 г.р.), рок-музыкант
  • Дерек Стивен Принс (1969 г.р.), американский актер озвучивания и радиоведущий
  • Дерек Стилли (1973 г.р.), шотландский футбольный вратарь
  • Дерек Стирлинг (1961 г.р.), игрок в крикет из Новой Зеландии
  • Дерек Стронг (1968 г.р.), американский баскетболист и автогонщик
  • Дерек Тэпскотт (1932–2008), валлийский футболист
  • Дерек Тейлор, Канадский ведущий новостей и спортивный комментатор
  • Дерек Темпл (1938 г.р.), английский футболист
  • Дерек Томпсон (актер) (1948 г.р.), североирландский телеактер
  • Дерек Томпсон, a.k.a. Жрец-хулиган, музыкант, продюсер и инженер
  • Дерек Трейси (1971 г.р.), ирландский футболист
  • Дерек Трент (1980 г.р.), американская фигуристка (пары)
  • Дерек Тракс (1979 г.р.), американский блюз-рок-гитарист
  • Дерек Тернер (1932–2015), футболист лиги регби
  • Дерек Уфтон (род. 1928), английский игрок в крикет
  • Дерек Андервуд (1945 г.р.), английский игрок в крикет
  • Дерек Варналс (1935 г.р.), игрок в крикет из Южной Африки
  • Дерек Уодсворт (1939–2008), британский композитор и аранжировщик
  • Дерек Варфилд (1943 г.р.), ирландский певец / автор песен и историк
  • Дерек Уоринг, урожденный Дерек Бартон-Чаппл (1927–2007), английский актер
  • Дерек Уорвик (1954 г.р.), английский гонщик F1
  • Дерек Уотерс (1979 г.р.), американский актер, комик, сценарист, продюсер и режиссер.
  • Дерек Уэбб (1974 г.р.), американский певец и автор песен
  • Дерек Уайтхед (1944 г.р.), футболист английской лиги регби.
  • Дерек Уайт (1968 г.р.), шотландский футболист
  • Дерек Вудкок, Австралийский судья по правилам футбольного поля
  • Дерек Йи (1957 г.р.), гонконгский кинорежиссер
  • Дерек Янг (1921 г.р.), американский барабанщик из группы Queen.

Виды спорта

  • Дерек Эбни (1980 г.р.), ресивер американского футбола
  • Дерек Андерсон (американский футбол) (1983 г.р.), защитник Национальной футбольной лиги
  • Дерек Андерсон (баскетбол) (1974 г.р.), баскетболист
  • Дерек Армстронг (хоккей) (1973 г.р.), канадский хоккеист
  • Дерек Асамоа (1981 г.р.), ганский футболист, играющий в Корее.
  • Дерек Барнетт (1996 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол
  • Дерек Белл (автогонщик) (1941 г.р.), автогонщик Формулы 1
  • Дерек Белл (бейсбол) (1968 г.р.), бывший игрок Высшей лиги бейсбола
  • Дерек Белл (футболист, 1956 г.р.), Английский футболист
  • Дерек Белл (футболист, 1963 г.р.), Английский футболист
  • Дерек Беллотти (1946 г.р.), английский футболист
  • Дерек Боатенг (1983 г.р.), ганский футболист
  • Дерек Бугард (1982–2011), канадский хоккеист
  • Дерек Брайант (1971 г.р.), американский боксёр-тяжеловес
  • Дерек Кэмпбелл (1980 г.р.), канадский хоккеист
  • Дерек Кампос (1988 г.р.), американский боец ​​смешанных единоборств.
  • Дерек Карр (1991 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол
  • Дерек Кэссиди (1986 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол
  • Дерек Чисора (1983 г.р.), британский боксёр-тяжеловес
  • Дерек Клейтон (1942 г.р.), британский / австралийский бегун на длинные дистанции
  • Дерек Коллинз (1969 г.р.), шотландский футболист и футбольный тренер.
  • Дерек Комбс (1979 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол
  • Дерек Коуч, он же Робби Макаллистер, шотландский член канадской сборной по борьбе на бирках Горцы
  • Дерек Кокс (1986 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол
  • Дерек Крукс (1969 г.р.), игрок в крикет из Южной Африки
  • Дерек Карри (1981 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол
  • Дерек Дэйли (1953 г.р.), ирландский гонщик F1
  • Дерек Дарнелл Браун (1971 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол
  • Дерек Докинз (1959 г.р.), английский профессиональный футболист.
  • Дерек де Бурдер (1985 г.р.), игрок в крикет из Новой Зеландии
  • Дерек Деннис (1988 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол
  • Дерек Дули (тренер по американскому футболу) (1968 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол и тренер
  • Дерек Дули (футболист) (1929–2008), английский футболист, менеджер и председатель клуба.
  • Дерек Дуган (1938–2007), североирландский футболист и председатель клуба
  • Дерек Эдвардс (лига регби) (умер в 2020 г.), футболист лиги регби
  • Дерек Фазакерли (1951 г.р.), английский футболист и тренер.
  • Дерек Фергюсон (1967 г.р.), шотландский футболист и менеджер клуба
  • Дерек Фишер (1974 г.р.), американский баскетболист
  • Дерек Гири (1980 г.р.), ирландский футболист, игравший в Англии
  • Дерек Гримм (1974 г.р.), американский баскетболист
  • Дерек Хэган (1984 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол (ресивер)
  • Дерек Хейлз (1951 г.р.), английский футболист
  • Дерек Холл (игрок в крикет) (1932–1983), английский игрок в крикет
  • Дерек Халлас (родился ок. 1934), футболист союза регби и лиги регби
  • Дерек Хардиман (1981 г.р.), ирландский игрок в метание
  • Дерек Харпер (1961 г.р.), американский баскетболист и телеведущий.
  • Дерек Хоксворт (1927 г.р.), английский футболист
  • Дерек Хизли (1972 г.р.), ирландский игрок в крикет
  • Дерек Хиггинс (1966 г.р.), ирландский гонщик Indy Lights
  • Дерек Хилл (водитель) (1975 г.р.), американский бывший пилот Формулы 3000
  • Дерек Хо (1964–2020), американский серфер
  • Дерек Холланд (1986 г.р.), американский бейсболист
  • Дерек Холмс (1978 г.р.), шотландский футболист
  • Дерек Худ (баскетбол) (1976 г.р.), американский баскетболист
  • Дерек Хоус, футболист лиги регби
  • Дерек Ибботсон (1932–2017), английский легкоатлет.
  • Дерек Джетер (1974 г.р.), американский бейсболист
  • Дерек Джонсон (спортсмен) (1933–2004), британский легкоатлет
  • Дерек Джонстон (1953 г.р.), шотландский футболист
  • Дерек Джослин (1987 г.р.), канадский хоккеист
  • Дерек Кинан (1961 г.р.), канадский игрок в лакросс
  • Дерек Кенуэй (1978 г.р.), английский игрок в крикет
  • Дерек Кеван (1935–2013), английский футболист.
  • Дерек Кинг (1967 г.р.), канадский хоккеист
  • Дерек Лилли (1974 г.р.), шотландский футболист
  • Дерек Лилликвист (1966 г.р.) американский бейсболист и тренер
  • Дерек Лоу (1973 г.р.), американский бейсболист
  • Дерек Лайл (1981 г.р.), шотландский футболист
  • Дерек Линг (1978 г.р.), ирландский игрок в метание
  • Дерек Маккензи (1981 г.р.), канадский хоккеист
  • Дерек Малавски (1973 г.р.), канадский игрок в лакросс
  • Дерек Макиннес (1971 г.р.), шотландский футболист
  • Дерек Мич (1984 г.р.), канадский хоккеист
  • Дерек Майлз (1972 г.р.), американский прыгун с шестом
  • Дерек Миллс (1972 г.р.), американский легкоатлет
  • Дерек Морган (1929–2017), английский игрок в крикет.
  • Дерек Моррис (хоккей) (1978 г.р.), канадский хоккеист
  • Дерек Маунтфилд (1962 г.р.), английский футболист
  • Дерек Мюррей (гэльский футболист) Ирландский гэльский футболист
  • Дерек Нивен (1983 г.р.), шотландский футболист
  • Дерек Нунан (1947–2009), футболист союза регби и лиги регби
  • Дерек Норрис (1989 г.р.), американский бейсболист
  • Дерек Олдбери a.k.a. DEO (1924–1994), британский чемпион по шашкам и писатель по игре
  • Дерек Пейс (1932–1989), английский футболист
  • Дерек Паркер (футболист) (1926–2011), английский футболист
  • Дерек Паркин (1948 г.р.), английский футболист
  • Дерек Парлейн (1953 г.р.), шотландский футболист
  • Дерек Парра (1970 г.р.), мексикано-американский конькобежец (лед)
  • Дерек Филлипс (футболист, 1975 г.р.) (1975 г.р.), футболист Тринидада и Тобаго
  • Дерек Пигготт (1922–2019), британский пилот-планер.
  • Дерек Планте (1971 г.р.), американский хоккеист
  • Дерек Попович (1981 г.р.), американский футболист
  • Дерек Портер (1967 г.р.), канадский гребец
  • Дерек Паундстон (1981 г.р.), американский профессиональный силач
  • Дерек Прингл (1958 г.р.), английский игрок в крикет и журналист по крикету
  • Дерек Куиннелл (1949 г.р.), валлийский игрок союза регби
  • Дерек Рэкли (1977 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол
  • Дерек Рэй (1967 г.р.), шотландский футбольный комментатор
  • Дерек Рэндалл (1951 г.р.), английский игрок в крикет
  • Дерек Редмонд (1965 г.р.), английский легкоатлет
  • Дерек Ривз (1934–1995), английский футболист
  • Дерек Рингер (1956 г.р.), шотландский раллийный гонщик
  • Дерек Риордан (1983 г.р.), шотландский футболист
  • Дерек Риверс (1994 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол
  • Дерек Родье (1959 г.р.), шотландский футболист
  • Дерек Рой (1983 г.р.), канадский хоккеист
  • Дерек Сандерсон (1946 г.р.), канадский хоккеист и руководитель бизнеса
  • Дерек Сондерс (1928–2018), английский футболист
  • Дерек Сили (1912–1982), игрок в крикет из Вест-Индии
  • Дерек Шеклтон (1924–2007), английский игрок в крикет
  • Дерек Шоу (бизнесмен), Председатель английского футбольного клуба
  • Дерек Сметерст (1948 г.р.), южноафриканский футболист, писатель и спортивный консультант
  • Дерек Смит (баскетбол), (1961–1996), американский баскетболист
  • Дерек Смит (хоккей, 1954 г.р.), Канадский хоккеист
  • Дерек Смит (хоккей, 1984 г.р.), Канадский хоккеист
  • Дерек Смит (полузащитник) (1975 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол
  • Дерек Смит (тупиковый конец) (1980 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол
  • Дерек Сутар (1981 г.р.), шотландский футбольный вратарь
  • Дерек Стилли (1973 г.р.), шотландский футбольный вратарь
  • Дерек Стирлинг (1961 г.р.), игрок в крикет из Новой Зеландии
  • Дерек Стронг (1968 г.р.), американский баскетболист и автогонщик
  • Дерек Тэпскотт (1932–2008), валлийский футболист
  • Дерек Темпл (1938 г.р.), английский футболист
  • Дерек Трейси (1971 г.р.), ирландский футболист
  • Дерек Трент (1980 г.р.), американская фигуристка в парном катании.
  • Дерек Тернер (1932–2015), футболист лиги регби
  • Дерек Уфтон (род. 1928), английский игрок в крикет
  • Дерек Андервуд (1945 г.р.), английский игрок в крикет
  • Дерек Варналс (1935 г.р.), игрок в крикет из Южной Африки
  • Дерек Уорвик (1954 г.р.), английский гонщик F1
  • Дерек Уайтхед (1944 г.р.), футболист лиги регби
  • Дерек Уайт (1968 г.р.), шотландский футболист
  • Дерек Вудкок, Австралийский судья по правилам футбольного поля

Бизнес

  • Дерек Берни мл. (1962 г.р.), старший исполнительный директор канадской корпорации
  • Дерек Лэмби (1975 г.р.), редактор шотландской газеты
  • Дерек В. Смит, Руководитель американского бизнеса

Политика

  • Дерек Барбер, барон-цирюльник из Тьюксбери (1918–2017), британский государственный служащий, сельскохозяйственный эксперт и политик.
  • Дерек Бикон, Английский водитель грузовика и политик
  • Дерек Бедсон (1920–1989), канадский государственный служащий
  • Дерек Блэкберн (1934–2017), канадский политик
  • Дерек Браунли (1974 г.р.), шотландский политик
  • Дерек Брайан (1910–2003), британский дипломат
  • Дерек Берни (1939 г.р.), канадский бизнесмен, дипломат и политтехнолог
  • Дерек Кларк (1933 г.р.), британский политик и учитель естествознания
  • Дерек Конвей (род. 1953), британский политик
  • Дерек Кумбс (1937–2014), британский политик и корпоративный руководитель
  • Дерек Корриган, Канадский политик
  • Дерек Крокстон, Американский исследователь истории и писатель
  • Дерек Дентон (род. 1924), австралийский ученый
  • Дерек Дрейпер (1967 г.р.), английский бывший лоббист, участвовавший в Деньги за доступ скандал в 1999 году, впоследствии психотерапевт
  • Дерек Энрайт (1935–1995), британский политик
  • Дерек Эзра, барон Эзра (1919–2015) британский политик и корпоративный руководитель
  • Дерек Фатчетт (1945–1999), британский политик
  • Дерек Флетчер (1951 г.р.), канадский политик, родившийся в Англии
  • Дерек Фостер, барон Фостер епископа Окленда (1937–2019), британский политик
  • Дерек Фриман (1916–2001), новозеландский антрополог
  • Дерек Грегори (род. 1951), британский географ
  • Дерек Хаттон (1948 г.р.), английский политик, бизнесмен и послеобеденный оратор
  • Дерек Холланд (активист), Британский политик и писатель, использующий несколько псевдонимов: Гарри Уортингтон, Рори О’Коннор, Д. Лиам О’Хуаллачайн, Дерек О’Хуаллахейн и Дерик О’Хуаллахейн.
  • Дерек Хамфри (1930 г.р.), автор справочника по самоубийствам Окончательный выход и президент организации по изучению эвтаназии и руководству
  • Дерек Хасси (1948 г.р.), североирландский политик
  • Дерек Кеппел (1863–1944), британский дворянин, солдат и член королевского дома
  • Дерек Лауд (1964 г.р.), английский политический лоббист
  • Дерек Ли (политик) (1948 г.р.), канадский юрист и политик
  • Дерек Лодж (1929–1996), английский государственный служащий и статистик
  • Дерек Маккей (1977 г.р.), шотландский политик
  • Дерек Макдауэлл (род. 1958), ирландский политик
  • Дерек Муни (1962 г.р.), ирландский советник министра и [(Фианна Файл)] руководитель кампании
  • Дерек Мур-Брабазон, второй барон Брабазон из Тары (1910–1974)
  • Дерек Моррис (академик) (1945 г.р.), британский академик, в прошлом председатель Конкурсной комиссии
  • Дерек Олтон (1927–2016), юрист, государственный служащий
  • Дерек Пейдж, барон Ваддон (1927–2005), британский политик
  • Дерек Праг (1923–2010), британский политик
  • Дерек Куигли (род. 1932), новозеландский политик
  • Дерек Робинсон (профсоюзный деятель) (1927–2017), стюард британской автомобильной промышленности, известный как «Красный Роббо»
  • Дерек Шофилд (1945 г.р.), главный судья Гибралтара
  • Дерек Симпсон (профсоюзный деятель) (1944 г.р.), британский профсоюзный деятель
  • Дерек Спенсер (род.1936), британский политик
  • Дерек Хью Тейлор (1951 г.р.), главный министр островов Теркс и Кайкос с 1995 по 2003 гг.
  • Дерек Твигг (1959 г.р.) английский политик
  • Дерек Джеймс Уолдинг (1937–2007), канадский политик, родился в Англии
  • Дерек Уокер-Смит, барон Броксборн (1910–1992), британский политик
  • Дерек Уолл, Британский политик
  • Дерек Уоткинс, британский стюард докеров, член Pentonville Five
  • «Дерек Ви», имя, использованное в неоднозначном блоге Ви Сью Ким (1960 г.р.), сингапурский политик
  • Дерек Уэллс (1946 г.р.), канадский политик и юрист
  • Дерек Уорлок (1920–1996), британский римско-католический епископ
  • Дерек Вятт (1949 г.р.), британский политик

Наука, образование и академические круги

  • Дерек Эбботт (1960 г.р.), физик, электронщик
  • Дерек Бартон (1918–1998), британский физико-химик, лауреат Нобелевской премии
  • Дерек Бикертон (1926–2018), лингвист, академик
  • Дерек Бирли (1926–2002), академик и педагог
  • Дерек Блейк, академик и исследователь
  • Дерек Бок (1930 г.р.), американский юрист и педагог
  • Дерек Бриггс (1950 г.р.), ирландский палеонтолог
  • Дерек Денни-Браун (1901–1981), британский невролог
  • Дерек Хёрст (1948 г.р.), английский историк ранней современной Британии
  • Дерек Хокридж (1934–2013), британский переводчик, преподаватель и специалист по французскому обществу и культуре.
  • Дерек Хопвуд (1933–2020), британский академик и писатель
  • Дерек Лонг (1925 г.р.), бывший профессор структурной химии в Брэдфордском университете, работает в области рамановской спектроскопии.
  • Дерек МакКормак, Биохимик и академик Новой Зеландии
  • Дерек Рэгге Морли (1920–1969) независимый научный консультант и журналист, известный своими исследованиями муравьев.
  • Дерек Парфит (1942–2017), британский философ и академик
  • Дерек Дж. Де Солла Прайс (1922–1983), ученый-информатик и историк науки
  • Дерек Рэтклифф (1929–2005), британский защитник природы
  • Дерек Роу (1937–2014), британский палеолитический археолог и академик
  • Дерек Саммерфилд, противоречивый психиатр и писатель
  • Дерек Насмешка (1917–2004), британский математик и взломщик кодов
  • Дерек ван дер Кой (1952 г.р.), ученый и академик, занимающийся исследованиями стволовых клеток.

Письмо

  • Дерек Больё (1973 г.р.), канадский поэт, издатель и антолог
  • Дерек Бенц (род. 1971), американский автор детской фантастики
  • Дерек Хансен (1944 г.р.), писатель-фантаст из Новой Зеландии / Австралии, родился в Англии
  • Дерек Джеймсон (1929–2012), британский журналист
  • Дерек Лэнди (1974 г.р.), ирландский писатель и сценарист
  • Дерек Махон (1941–2020), ирландский поэт
  • Дерек Марлоу (1938–1996), английский драматург, прозаик и сценарист.
  • Дерек МакКормак (1969 г.р.), канадский писатель-фантаст
  • Дерек Паркер (род. 1932), британский писатель и телеведущий
  • Дерек Рэймонд (1931–1994), английский писатель-нуар
  • Дерек Робинсон (писатель) (1932 г.р.), британский писатель и пилот военной авиации
  • Дерек Танье (1912–1996), английский писатель
  • Дерек Тейлор (1932–1997), британский журналист и пресс-агент Битлз
  • Дерек Тернер (журналист) (1964 г.р.), ирландский журналист
  • Дерек Уолкотт (1930–2017), поэт из Вест-Индии, драматург, писатель и художник.
  • Дерек Вуд (автор) (1930–2003), автор Справочник Jane’s World по распознаванию самолетов

Разное

  • Дерек Бентли (1933–1953) англичанин повешен за убийство и впоследствии помилован
  • Дерек Шовен (1976 г.р.), американский полицейский, причастный к убийству Джорджа Флойда.
  • Дерек Энтони Сигрим (1903–1943), английский солдат, награжденный Крестом Виктории.
  • Дерек Уотсон (священник) (1938 г.р.), британский священник в отставке, бывший декан Солсбери в англиканской церкви
  • Дерек Вуд (ок.1964–1988), один из двух британских солдат, убитых в 1988 г. Убийства капралов инцидент

Варианты написания

Деррек
  • Деррек Конрад (1943 г.р.), канадский политик
  • Деррек Ли (1975 г.р.), бывший американский бейсболист
  • Деррек Тушка (1997 г.р.), игрок в американский футбол
Деррик
  • Деррик (имя)
Дерик
  • Дерик Хиткоут-Эмори (1899–1981), британский политик
  • Дерик Армстронг (1979 г.р.), американка CFL футболист
  • Дерик Брассард (1987 г.р.), канадский хоккеист
  • Дерик Этвару (1964 г.р.), канадский игрок в крикет, родившийся в Гайане
  • Дерик К. Грант (1973 г.р.), американский чечеточник и хореограф
  • Дерик Хугард (1983 г.р.), регбист из Южной Африки
  • Дерик Парри (1954 г.р.), игрок в крикет из Вест-Индии
  • Дерик Томсон (1921–2012), шотландский поэт
Дерик
  • Дерик Гайлер (1914–1999), английский актер
  • Дерик Уибли (1980 г.р.), канадский певец и автор песен

Выдуманные персонажи

  • Дерек и Клайв, неоднозначные культовые персонажи в исполнении Дадли Мура и Питера Кука.
  • Дерек темно-зеленый дизель, персонаж из Томас Паровозик
  • Овца Дерек, одноименный персонаж в комиксе в Beano
  • Дерек Алмонд, персонаж графического романа В значит Вендетта
  • Дерек Блант, антропоморфный ястреб в Темнокрылая утка
  • Дерек Браннинг, персонаж телесериала BBC EastEnders
  • Дерек Конвей, персонаж британского сериала Счет
  • Дерек Флинт, одноименный персонаж в Наш Человек Флинт
  • Дерек Фрай, персонаж мыльной оперы ABC Все мои дети
  • Дерек Дженерик, персонаж мультсериала Мир Бобби.
  • Дерек Харкинсон, персонаж телесериала BBC EastEnders
  • Дерек Хейл, персонаж MTV Волчонок В исполнении Тайлер Хэклин
  • Дерек Кливиан, пилот Разбойной эскадрильи из Звездные войны
  • Дерек Морган, персонаж криминального сериала «Мыслить как преступник» — Шемар Мур.
  • Дерек Ноукс, одноименный персонаж комедийно-драматического летчика Дерек
  • Дерек О’Фаррелл, персонаж британского сериала Brookside
  • Дерек Пауэрс он же Скверна, суперзлодей в мультсериале Бэтмен за гранью
  • Дерек Шеперд бывший руководитель нейрохирургии в Мемориальной больнице Грэй-Слоан, в американском медицинском сериале Анатомия Грея
  • Дерек Смоллс, персонаж в пародийном рок-номере Это спинной кран
  • Дерек Стайлз, персонаж в Центр травм серия видеоигр
  • Дерек Троттер, персонаж комедийного сериала Только дураки и лошади
  • Дерек Виньярд, персонаж американской криминальной драмы American History X
  • Дерек Вентури, главный герой канадского телешоу Жизнь с Дереком
  • Дерек Уиллер a.k.a. «Колеса», персонаж в Деграсси серии
  • Дерек Уайлдстар, персонаж сериала Звездные блейзеры
  • Дерек Уилтон, персонаж телесериала Улица Коронации
  • Дерек Зуландер, одноименный персонаж в фильме Zoolander
  • Принц Дерек, один из главных героев мультфильма Царевна-лебедь
  • Дерек (персонаж из The Good Place), персонаж в Хорошее место

Популярность

С 1940 г. пик популярности имени Дерек в США был в 1980-х.

Звания популярности «Дерека» в США с 1943 года.
Столбцы — это годы в десятилетии.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2010-е 170 181 182
2000-е 121 132 139 149 156 172 159 142 159 168
1990-е 54 59 62 67 77 83 101 106 110 114
1980-е 50 53 50 51 52 56 57 54 53 54
1970-е годы 77 63 67 69 74 83 84 82 75 72
1960-е 247 205 187 177 172 166 141 123 122 109
1950-е годы 470 407 363 378 362 331 300 283 256 254
1940-е годы 714 953 ^ 956 891 862 641

Ранг 1 является самым популярным, ранг 2 — следующим по популярности и так далее.

^ Ранг> 1000

Источник: Администрация социального обеспечения.[3]

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2010

[требуется разъяснение ][Что представляет собой вертикальный масштаб этой диаграммы? ]

Смотрите также

  • Все страницы, начинающиеся с Дерека
  • Деррик (значения)
  • Дэррик

использованная литература

  1. ^ см. Герхарда Думбара, Het kerkelyk en wereltlyk Девентер (1752) для издания списков имен Девентер. См. Также Уббо Эммиус, De agro Frisiae inter Amasum et Lavicom Syntagma (1646) для издания списков имен позднего средневековья из Фризия.
  2. ^ Артур Коллинз, Пэра Англии (1779)
  3. ^ «Популярные детские имена». Администрация социального обеспечения.

внешние ссылки

  • За названием Статья

Дерек

Дерек
Дерек

(Derek)

Иноязычные аналоги:

англ. Derek, Derrick, Deryck

Связанные статьи: начинающиеся с «Дерек»

все статьи с «Дерек»

Логотип Викисловаря

В Викисловаре есть статья «Дерек»

Дерек — мужское имя.

Имя

  • Дерек Белл (род. 1941) — британский автогонщик.
  • Дерек Боатенг (род. 1983) — ганский футболист.
  • Дерек Бугард (род. 1982) — канадский хоккеист.
  • Дерек Грегори (род. 1951) — британский географ.
  • Дерек де Линт (род. 1950) — нидерландский актёр.
  • Дерек Джармен (1942—1994) — британский режиссёр-авангардист, художник и сценарист.
  • Дерек Джон де Солла Прайс (1922—1983) — британско-американский историк науки.
  • Дерек Дик (род. 1958) — шотландский певец и поэт, вокалист Marillion
  • Дерек Дэли (род. 1953) — ирландский автогонщик.
  • Дерек Махун (род. 1941) — ирландский поэт, переводчик.
  • Дерек Парра (род. 1970) — американский конькобежец.
  • Дерек Райордан (род. 1983) — шотландский футболист.
  • Дерек Рой (род. 1983) — канадский хоккеист.
  • Дерек Уолкотт (род. 1930) — поэт и драматург.
  • Дерек Уорик (род. 1954) — британский спортсмен-автогонщик.
  • Дерек Фишер (род. 1974) — американский баскетболист.
  • Дерек Харолд Ричард Бартон (1918—1998) — английский химик.
  • Дерек Шериньян (род. 1966) — американский клавишник и автор песен.
  • Дерек Шульман (род. 1947) — британский музыкант, вокалист, мультиинструменталист, продюсер звукозаписи.
  • Дэвид Дерек Сикуа (род. 1959) — бывший премьер-министр Соломоновых Островов.

Фамилия

  • Бо Дерек (род. 1956) — американская актриса и фотомодель, вдова Джона Дерека.
  • Джон Дерек (1926—1998) — американский актёр кино, кинорежиссёр и фотограф, муж Бо Дерек.

Другие

  • Дерик Уибли (род. 1980) — канадский музыкант и продюсер, вокалист Sum 41.
  • Деррик Берд (1957—2010) — британский массовый убийца.
  • Деррик Грин (род. 1971) — вокалист и гитарист группы Sepultura.
  • Деррик Делмор (род. 1978) — американский фигурист.
  • Деррик Джефферсон (род. 1968) — американский боксёр-профессионал, выступавший в тяжёлой весовой категории.
  • Деррик Роуз (род. 1988) — американский баскетболист.
  • Деррик Фейворс (род. 1991) — американский баскетболист.
  • Деррик Шарп (род. 1971) — израильский баскетболист.

Населённый пункт

  • Дерек — село в Армении, марз Арагацотн.

Разрешение неоднозначностей

Категория:

  • Многозначные термины

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Полезное

Смотреть что такое «Дерек» в других словарях:

  • ДЕРЕК Бо — (Bo Derek; наст. Мери Кетлин Коллинс, Mary Cathleen Collins) (р. 20 ноября 1956, Лонг Бич, Калифорния), американская киноактриса. Еще в школе Бо Дерек начала работать моделью. В 1974 году она вышла замуж за сорокалетнего режиссера Джона Дерека,… …   Энциклопедия кино

  • дерек — См. Директор …   Исторический словарь галлицизмов русского языка

  • Дерек, Бо — В Википедии есть статьи о других людях с такой фамилией, см. Дерек. Бо Дерек Bo Derek …   Википедия

  • дерек — 1 (Түрікм.: Ашх., Таш.) орнына, керегіне. Ілымды д е р е г і н е жұмсау керек (Түрікм., Таш.). [Түрікменше дерек (Туркм. рус. сл., 1940); қарақ. дәрек (Карак. рус. сл., 1958)] 2 (Түрікм.: Таш., Мары, Тедж.) жауап, дәлел. Бұған айтар д е р е г і ң …   Қазақ тілінің аймақтық сөздігі

  • Дерек Шериньян — Дерек Шеринян Derek Sherinian Дата рождения 25 августа 1966 Место рождения Лагуна Бич, США Страна …   Википедия

  • Дерек Шеринян — Derek Sherinian Дата рождения 25 августа 1966 Место рождения Лагуна Бич, США Страна …   Википедия

  • Дерек Джармен — Derek Jarman Имя при рождении: Майкл Дерек Элворти Джармен Дата рождения: 31 января 1942 …   Википедия

  • Дерек Шульман — Derek Shulman Полное имя Дерек Виктор Шульман Дата рождения 11 февраля 1947 Место рождения Глазго, Шотландия Страна …   Википедия

  • Дерек Фишер — Derek Fisher Позиция: Разыгрывающий защитник Рост: 188 см Вес: 95,3 кг …   Википедия

  • Дерек Дэли — Национальность Ирландия Дата рождения 11 марта 1953 года …   Википедия

Мужское имя Дерек является сокращенной формой английского имени Дидерик и Теодорик.

В детстве Дерек очень любознательный мальчик. Его интересует все, что происходит вокруг него. Начинает рано читать и вдумчиво читает обо всем. Он растет настоящим интеллектуалом.

В школе учится хорошо, отдавая предпочтение реальным наукам. А вот языки и творческие предметы даются ему с трудом. Обладает аналитическим складом ума и тянется ко всему новому, чувствует острую необходимость познания окружающего мира. Такое английское имя наделяет человека сдержанностью, усидчивостью, терпеливостью. Он может часами напролет заниматься интересующим его вопросом, любит сложные задачки. И терпеливо обдумывает, пока не получает вразумительного ответа и решения. Торопить Дерека не следует. Он работает медленно, десять раз обдумает все, прежде чем что-то совершить. Но это позволяет ему добиваться качественных результатов.

Дерек не терпит критики. А если пробовать его критиковать, можно нарваться на ссору. При этом сам мужчина очень любит критиковать окружающих.

Чуть ли не в каждом он может найти отрицательные стороны, на которые обязательно укажет. В карьере может преуспеть. Обладает выраженными лидерскими качествами и организаторскими способностями. Поэтому может занимать должность начальника, открыть собственное предприятие.

Для Дерека огромное значение имеет выбор женщины. Он предъявляет к будущей супруге заоблачные требования, которым соответствовать смогут только единицы. Поэтому нередко обладатель такого имени остается холостяком. Его интересуют только серьезные отношения, не терпит ветренных женщин.

Его жена должна обязательно иметь хорошее образование, он поддерживает ее желание работать. Считает, что домохозяйка – не пара столь выдающемуся мужчине, как он. Наблюдается хорошая гармония с именами Софья, Анна, Кира, Злата, Эмилия.

Тайна имени Дерек

Тайна имени Дерек, характер его личности, его судьба. Сильные стороны его личности — аккуратность, уважение и дисциплина. А окружающие отмечают также и чуткость и гордость. Цвет его имени — Темно-серый, именной камень — Берилл, а число — Шесть. Среди тотемных животных этого имени можно встретить Кошка и Омар. Все подробности о тайне свойств имени Дерек, судьбе его обладателей и значения.

Чтобы ответить на вопрос о тайне имени Дерека, мы составили обширную статью. В своем исследовании мы изучили как исторические материалы, так и особенностей тайн и секретов имени. Также были затронуты и астрологические, нумерологические и духовные аспекты этого вопроса. Ключевые пункты мы изложили в виде подтемы, для вашего удобства.

Происхождение и история, значение имени Дерек

Дерек — имя со сложным и запутанным происхождением. Его носителей встречают в самых различных странах мира. Также, упоминания о нем можно найти в мифологии различных древних народов и культур. Также существуют свидетельства существования корней и составных частей в античном периоде. К сожалению, основной корень происхождения этого имени затерян в недрах истории.

Формы и падежи, склонения имени Дерек

Падежи и формы имени — довольно непростой аспект языка, наполненный множеством исключений. Так, иностранные имена имеют правила правописания, серьезно отличающиеся от русскоязычных. Список форм и падежей имени Дерек находится в этой таблице.

Падежи и формы имени
Именительный Дерек
Родительный Дерека
Дательный Дереку
Винительный Дерека
Творительный Дереком
Предложный о Дереке

Характер Дерека

Необычный склад личности Дерека наполнен такими чертами, как аккуратность, уважение и дисциплина. Также, окружающие подмечают чуткость и гордость. Такая комбинация черт личности и характера достаточно редкая, и несколько противоречива. Однако не все из них видны невооруженным глазом. Для того чтобы проявились определенные черты характера — необходимы жизненные обстоятельства.

Нумерология — число имени Дерек

Шесть

В основе нумерологического анализа лежат важные даты и числа жизни человека. Изучать характер и личность без знания точных чисел человека — довольно непросто. Но все же мы выделили самое необходимое из имени Дерека в этой области. Это позволило получить набросок образа и характера личности, особенность его типа.

Число «6» имеет достаточно много негативных ассоциаций из-за своего культурного влияния со стороны многих религий. Но в тайне и значении имени «шесть» — число с абсолютно иным смыслом. Оно символизирует собой многогранность характера Дерека, наличие разносторонних черт и наборов качеств. Если вы видите перед собой человека, чей характер достаточно затруднительно одним словом и описать кратко — скорее всего,перед вами человек, чья тайна имени сочетается с числом «6».

Именные растения и животные Дерека

Анализ тотемных символов Дерека дает возможность глубинно исследовать тонкие особенности характера. По исследованиям, тотемные растения и их символы отражают внутреннее «Я» человека. А символы тотемных животных — показывают нюансы его отношения к другим людям. Понимание качеств человека и склада личности помогает избегать конфликтов и находить общий язык.

Ведущее растение — Лавр

Лавр

Лавр — символ чуткости. Многие друзья и знакомые могут положиться на Дерека как на личность, которая не оставляет без эмоциональной поддержки, вникает в жизненные сложности и ситуации. Понимание других людей — умение, которое помогает ему как побыть какое-то время «домашним психологом» для друзей и родственников, так и достигать успехов в жизни.

Тотемное дерево — Дуб

Дуб

Дуб является символом мудрости и смышлености. Неторопливость в принятии решений — вот что окружающие отмечают у Дерека. Тщательно взвешивая всё «за» и «против». Дерек продумывает будущее на много шагов вперед. Эта особенность характера помогает ему достигать видимых успехов в жизненном пути.

Духовное дерево — Секвойя

Секвойя

Секвойя символизирует мудрость. Принятие мудрых решений требует жизненного опыта, неспешности, умения взвешивать все «за» и «против». А также — отрешенность от эмоционального влияния. Всё это — присуще Дереку в равной степени.

Ведущее животное — Омар

Омар

Омар — символ обаятельности. Дерек наделен весьма высоким уровнем харизматичности. Обаяние позволяет выстраивать прочные связи с окружающим миром, благодаря чему Дерек ощущает себя в обществе, словно рыба в воде.

Тотемное животное — Волк

Волк

Волк — символ атипичности и неординарности. Решения, которые приходят в голову Дереку, кажутся людям странными и нелогичными. Его образ мышления фактически непостижим для окружения, а тонкие нити размышлений и вовсе кажутся причудливыми. Но именно они позволяют находить решения там, где другие отчаиваются в поиске пути.

Духовное животное — Кошка

Кошка

Кошка — символ заботливости. Забота — второе имя Дерека, его умение поддержать родных и близких в минуты тягот и отчаяния считается самым ценным в глазах окружающих людей. Немаловажно, что умение дарить поддержку также является для него источником удовольствия и удовлетворения.

Цвет имени Дерека — Темно-серый

Темно-серый

Темно-серый цвет — символ щедрости. На торжествах и приемах гостей Дерек часть одаривает людей подарками, проявляет радушие. Кроме этого, он получает искреннее удовольствие от процесса дарения. Ощущение радости и благодарности — наиболее ценная плата для Дерека.

Камень имени Дерека — Берилл

Берилл

Берилл — камень трудолюбия. Это проявляется не только в карьере и рабочих вопросах. Трудолюбие помогает Дереку выстраивать жизнь, карьеру, социальные связи и добиваться одобрения от окружения.

Характер и тайна имени Дерек — краткий итог

Личность Дерека выделяется необычной предрасположенностью сочетать ценные черты характера. И даже какие-либо «отрицательные черты» — играют важную роль в человеческой жизни. К слову, в основе этого анализа лежали методологии исследования предрасположенностей носителей имени. Важно уточнить, что одной лишь предрасположенности недостаточно в вопросе становления личности. И истинный набор черт характера — результат и влияния окружения в жизни человека.

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