Derrick

Spelling variation of Derek

"the people's ruler"

Derrick Origin and Meaning

The name Derrick is a boy's name of Danish origin meaning "the people's ruler".

Variation of Derek.

Derrick Rank in US Top 1000

# 715 in the US

Derrick Popularity

• 715 US 2022
• 1660 Nameberry 2019

20 Names Similar to Derrick

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Famous People Named Derrick

• Derrick Martell Rose American basketball player
• Derrick Watkins birth name of Fonzworth Bentley, American musician, author and TV personality
• Derrick Jones aka D Nice, American rapper
• Derrick Rostagno American tennis player
• Derrick Dewan Brooks American NFL football player
• Derrick May American techno musician
• Derrick Vincent Thomas American NFL football player
• Derrick James Mason American NFL football player
• Derrick "DJ" O’Hara Johnson American NFL football player
• Derrick Ramsey American NFL football player
• Derrick Coleman American basketball player
• Derrick Brew American Olympic runner
• Derrick Bernard Favors American basketball player
• Derrick Barry drag queen/female impersonater
• Derrick Kankakee founder of Kankakee Community College.
• Derrick Derrico son of Karen and Deon Derrico, featured on TLC’s ‘Doubling Down with the Derricos’

Derrick in Pop Culture

• Derrick Adler character on TV's "Close to Home"
• Derrick Harrington character in The Clique Series
• "Derrick " German TV series featuring DCI Stephan Derrick
• Derrick 'Derry' and Derrick 'Roddy' Farrar father and son characters in "Vital Signs" by Barbara Wood
• Introduced into England via the Low Countries (a late 16th century London hangman called Derick is the origin of the use of "derrick" for a hoisting apparatus)