DEREK  

Gender: M
Origin: German
Meaning: "the people's ruler"

Popularity in 2008: #159

Derek started out as a sophisticated Brit, but the name became so common over the last decades of the twentieth century that it lost much of its English accent, along with its stylish edge.

Variations:
Deric, Derry, Rick, Dedrek, Deryk, Derreck, Dedrik, Dyrk, Dirke, Darriq, Derryck, Dereck, Deryke, Deriq, Derec, Dedreck, Ricky, Dedrec, Derryk, Derik

International Variations:
Derick, Derrick, Diederik, Derk, Derrek (Danish) Dirk (Dutch) Dedrick, Diederick, Dietrich, Darrick, Dedric (German) Derrig, Derrik (Irish) Daric (Persian)

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