Name: Derek
Gender: Male
Usage: Derek, of anglo-saxon origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Derek are in general originating from Canada, France, Germany, Guam, Ireland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Derek across the world, see Theodoric.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Derek is: Ruler of the people, Gifted ruler.
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Numerology of the first name Derek: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Derek is ranked on the 223rd position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 2645000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.037% of the population. The name Derek has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Derek for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
- See Derekh (disambiguation) for the unrelated Hebrew term for "way, path". For the lifting device see derrick.
Derek is a male name. It is the English language short form of Dederik, the Low German 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 and Derrick, more rarely also Deryck or 'Derrok'. The Dutch language short form of the same Low German / Low Franconian name is Dirk (popularised by the actor Dirk Bogarde) and the Low German Di(e)rk (Dierk Hoff).
English: from a Low German form of Theodoric (see Terry), introduced to Britain during the Middle Ages by Flemish settlers connected with the cloth trades. It is a comparatively rare name in the United States.
Cognates: German: Dietrich. Low German: Diederick. Flemish, Dutch: Dirk. E. Frisian: Tjark.
Pet form: English: Del.
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