Derrick
Spelling variation of Derek
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Updated Wed Apr 17 2024
Derrick Origin and Meaning
The name Derrick is a boy's name of Danish origin meaning "the people's ruler".
Variation of Derek.
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Famous People Named Derrick
- Derrick Martell RoseAmerican basketball player
- Derrick Watkinsbirth name of Fonzworth Bentley, American musician, author and TV personality
- Derrick Jones aka DNice, American rapper
- Derrick RostagnoAmerican tennis player
- Derrick Dewan BrooksAmerican NFL football player
- Derrick MayAmerican techno musician
- Derrick Vincent ThomasAmerican NFL football player
- Derrick James MasonAmerican NFL football player
- Derrick "DJ" O’Hara JohnsonAmerican NFL football player
- Derrick RamseyAmerican NFL football player
- Derrick ColemanAmerican basketball player
- Derrick BrewAmerican Olympic runner
- Derrick Bernard FavorsAmerican basketball player
- Derrick Barrydrag queen/female impersonater
- Derrick Kankakeefounder of Kankakee Community College.
- Derrick Derricoson of Karen and Deon Derrico, featured on TLC’s ‘Doubling Down with the Derricos’
Derrick in Pop Culture
- Derrick Adlercharacter on TV's "Close to Home"
- Derrick Harringtoncharacter in The Clique Series
- "Derrick" German TV series featuring DCI Stephan Derrick
- Derrick 'Derry' and Derrick 'Roddy' Farrarfather and son characters in "Vital Signs" by Barbara Wood
- Introduced into England via the Low Countries (a late 16thcentury London hangman called Derick is the origin of the use of "derrick" for a hoisting apparatus)