Derek Forename
2,106th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 480,429 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Derek Forename Definition:
A male name. Diederick or Dirck is the Dutch form of German Diederich, from Old German Theodoric (q.v.). Dederick, Dyryke, Deryk are found in England in the 15th C, borrowed, no doubt, from the Low Countries. Camden gives Derric as the English and Terry as the French forms of Theodoric.
Read More About This ForenameDerek Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 197,152 | 1:1,839 | 367 |
| England | 100% | 129,717 | 1:429 | 96 |
| Canada | 100% | 37,554 | 1:882 | 196 |
| Scotland | 100% | 21,010 | 1:255 | 56 |
| South Africa | 100% | 11,449 | 1:4,763 | 899 |
| Australia | - | 11,295 | 1:1,209 | 251 |
| Ghana | 100% | 10,675 | 1:2,528 | 401 |
| Ireland | 100% | 10,403 | 1:446 | 96 |
| Wales | 100% | 6,405 | 1:483 | 107 |
| New Zealand | - | 5,897 | 1:769 | 179 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4,579 | 1:403 | 96 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 3,786 | 1:68,136 | 8,202 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,345 | 1:91,359 | 5,269 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,331 | 1:13,219 | 1,863 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,238 | 1:20,791 | 1,207 |
| China | - | 1,560 | 1:875,677 | 32,763 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,269 | 1:55,213 | 5,733 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,225 | 1:13,798 | 1,495 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,225 | 1:31,043 | 972 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,051 | 1:7,377 | 669 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 859 | 1:17,956 | 2,019 |
| Singapore | 100% | 841 | 1:7,476 | 1,380 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 838 | 1:1,625 | 318 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 768 | 1:231,204 | 9,524 |
| Germany | 100% | 732 | 1:132,074 | 2,465 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 686 | 1:44,388 | 3,759 |
| Malawi | 100% | 677 | 1:25,277 | 2,122 |
| France | 100% | 606 | 1:109,687 | 2,324 |
| Bahamas | - | 526 | 1:759 | 190 |
| Philippines | 99% | 514 | 1:206,244 | 9,079 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| India | 99% | 427 | 1:2,845,147 | 131,921 |
| Samoa | - | 411 | 1:475 | 140 |
| Egypt | 100% | 347 | 1:264,844 | 8,902 |
| Oman | - | 342 | 1:12,014 | 1,331 |
| Jamaica | - | 324 | 1:8,899 | 1,070 |
| Japan | - | 294 | 1:435,327 | 10,339 |
| Jersey | 100% | 274 | 1:365 | 81 |
| Mexico | 95% | 261 | 1:475,649 | 5,473 |
| Kenya | 100% | 257 | 1:180,183 | 7,579 |
| Guyana | 100% | 238 | 1:3,207 | 628 |
| Zambia | - | 231 | 1:68,635 | 3,797 |
| Barbados | - | 230 | 1:1,260 | 295 |
| Uganda | 99% | 206 | 1:198,820 | 6,886 |
| Swaziland | - | 205 | 1:6,342 | 1,007 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 204 | 1:51,134 | 3,395 |
| Belgium | 100% | 202 | 1:56,881 | 2,619 |
| Portugal | - | 194 | 1:53,664 | 1,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 184 | 1:44,306 | 4,305 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 174 | 1:47,204 | 2,139 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 165 | 1:5,279 | 599 |
| Malta | - | 165 | 1:2,602 | 455 |
| Chile | 99% | 164 | 1:107,361 | 2,653 |
| Qatar | 100% | 164 | 1:14,449 | 2,242 |
| Sweden | 100% | 162 | 1:60,851 | 3,018 |
| Russia | 100% | 160 | 1:901,461 | 8,046 |
| Vanuatu | - | 159 | 1:1,646 | 442 |
| Bermuda | - | 145 | 1:447 | 61 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Bahrain | - | 133 | 1:10,140 | 1,551 |
| Kuwait | - | 133 | 1:28,461 | 2,834 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 128 | 1:168,832 | 7,533 |
| Norway | 100% | 110 | 1:46,658 | 1,978 |
| Costa Rica | 99% | 104 | 1:45,846 | 2,113 |
| Panama | 100% | 104 | 1:37,563 | 2,860 |
| Denmark | - | 103 | 1:54,849 | 2,006 |
| Grenada | 100% | 96 | 1:1,126 | 221 |
| South Korea | - | 95 | 1:58,362 | 3,686 |
| Gibraltar | - | 90 | 1:379 | 77 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 83 | 1:194,077 | 3,002 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 83 | 1:763 | 171 |
| Italy | 99% | 77 | 1:793,014 | 7,365 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 68 | 1:510 | 75 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 64 | 1:371,401 | 24,433 |
| Czechia | 100% | 63 | 1:169,145 | 1,460 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 63 | 1:479,395 | 13,042 |
| Peru | 94% | 56 | 1:567,705 | 9,632 |
| Belize | 100% | 55 | 1:6,442 | 1,167 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 55 | 1:1,546 | 143 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 55 | 1:10,563 | 1,047 |
| Liberia | 96% | 54 | 1:81,705 | 3,739 |
| Brunei | 100% | 51 | 1:8,227 | 695 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 49 | 1:1,251 | 282 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 49 | 1:1,116 | 229 |
| Sudan | - | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Ecuador | - | 47 | 1:377,168 | 4,669 |
| Greece | 100% | 46 | 1:237,708 | 4,477 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 45 | 1:2,059 | 474 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 44 | 1:2,259 | 487 |
| Iraq | - | 43 | 1:814,369 | 7,317 |
| Botswana | - | 42 | 1:52,011 | 4,968 |
| Guam | - | 42 | 1:3,825 | 732 |
| Pakistan | 88% | 41 | 1:4,740,431 | 47,266 |
| Cambodia | 71% | 39 | 1:417,265 | 9,698 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 38 | 1:2,888 | 545 |
| Israel | 100% | 35 | 1:240,083 | 6,784 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 34 | 1:2,171,400 | 51,388 |
| Estonia | 100% | 31 | 1:42,432 | 2,607 |
| Honduras | 100% | 31 | 1:284,434 | 5,594 |
| Vietnam | - | 30 | 1:3,087,437 | 3,350 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:1,078 | 245 |
| Finland | 100% | 29 | 1:189,075 | 3,312 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 28 | 1:1,885,297 | 21,873 |
| Macau | - | 27 | 1:22,526 | 388 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 27 | 1:264,889 | 16,297 |
| Argentina | 100% | 26 | 1:1,645,125 | 6,777 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 26 | 1:224 | 65 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 25 | 1:283,547 | 466 |
| Afghanistan | - | 23 | 1:1,418,414 | 14,886 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 22 | 1:8,082 | 1,192 |
| Austria | 100% | 19 | 1:448,116 | 4,416 |
| Hungary | 100% | 18 | 1:543,987 | 1,953 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Andorra | - | 13 | 1:6,376 | 500 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 13 | 1:242 | 27 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 12 | 1:501,528 | 8,668 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 12 | 1:295,858 | 3,040 |
| Belarus | 100% | 11 | 1:862,035 | 4,760 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 11 | 1:10,144 | 1,460 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 10 | 1:1,774,684 | 14,586 |
| Monaco | - | 10 | 1:3,847 | 675 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 9 | 1:625,286 | 7,004 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 9 | 1:5,692 | 857 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 9 | 1:144,198 | 3,629 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Uruguay | - | 9 | 1:380,849 | 5,148 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Cook Islands | - | 7 | 1:2,593 | 418 |
| El Salvador | - | 7 | 1:905,969 | 6,148 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 7 | 1:7,837 | 1,103 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 6 | 1:94,008 | 2,618 |
| Romania | - | 6 | 1:3,341,996 | 26,471 |
| Turkey | - | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| Colombia | 99% | 4 | 1:11,944,732 | 44,648 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Jordan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,206,694 | 7,695 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Tajikistan | - | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Dérek (12) & Derék (6) are calculated separately.
Derek (6,924) may also be a surname.
Derek Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Diederick or Dirck is the Dutch form of German Diederich, from Old German Theodoric (q.v.). Dederick, Dyryke, Deryk are found in England in the 15th C, borrowed, no doubt, from the Low Countries. Camden gives Derric as the English and Terry as the French forms of Theodoric. The name has been revived during the last 50 years; it is now oftener spelt Derek than Derrick.
Dedericus Close Rolls 1464. Dederic Close Rolls 1464.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The most general C20 form of Derrick, q. v. Something of a favourite with actors (for themselves) and with authors (for their other selves).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Derek Forename Popularity
Derek Demographics
Derek Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 10 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Derek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Derek in the Russian language | ||
| Дерек | derek | - |
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