Derrick Forename
3,626th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 289,921 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica
Derrick 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 ForenameDerrick Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 116,723 | 1:3,106 | 530 |
| Kenya | 100% | 39,671 | 1:1,167 | 236 |
| Ghana | 100% | 29,497 | 1:915 | 204 |
| South Africa | 100% | 16,856 | 1:3,235 | 609 |
| England | 100% | 15,644 | 1:3,554 | 459 |
| Uganda | 100% | 15,266 | 1:2,683 | 372 |
| Zambia | - | 14,414 | 1:1,100 | 242 |
| Canada | 100% | 8,452 | 1:3,920 | 666 |
| Jamaica | - | 5,709 | 1:505 | 106 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 5,076 | 1:2,240 | 480 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,075 | 1:10,024 | 1,498 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,768 | 1:12,223 | 1,335 |
| Philippines | 100% | 1,439 | 1:73,669 | 4,625 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 1,315 | 1:56,143 | 3,522 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,227 | 1:13,946 | 1,405 |
| Australia | - | 1,059 | 1:12,897 | 1,085 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,018 | 1:3,040 | 455 |
| Scotland | 100% | 846 | 1:6,324 | 542 |
| Swaziland | - | 846 | 1:1,537 | 359 |
| Singapore | 100% | 842 | 1:7,467 | 1,379 |
| Suriname | 100% | 609 | 1:908 | 165 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 591 | 1:2,304 | 449 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 551 | 1:55,263 | 4,457 |
| India | 100% | 506 | 1:2,400,945 | 117,924 |
| Liberia | 99% | 481 | 1:9,173 | 880 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 401 | 1:442,804 | 14,502 |
| New Zealand | - | 351 | 1:12,923 | 1,222 |
| Guyana | 100% | 346 | 1:2,206 | 427 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 344 | 1:49,134 | 3,379 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 338 | 1:45,633 | 4,062 |
| Botswana | 100% | 327 | 1:6,680 | 1,060 |
| Ireland | 100% | 273 | 1:17,009 | 933 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 272 | 1:194,075 | 8,190 |
| Congo | 100% | 252 | 1:19,878 | 2,071 |
| Thailand | 100% | 241 | 1:290,730 | 16,642 |
| Poland | 100% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Belize | 100% | 229 | 1:1,547 | 344 |
| China | - | 215 | 1:6,353,748 | 59,292 |
| Kuwait | - | 209 | 1:18,111 | 1,954 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 189 | 1:43,134 | 4,198 |
| Barbados | - | 183 | 1:1,584 | 368 |
| Brazil | 100% | 147 | 1:1,457,389 | 33,965 |
| Benin | 100% | 138 | 1:76,637 | 5,224 |
| Egypt | - | 130 | 1:706,930 | 15,746 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 117 | 1:89,156 | 4,839 |
| Germany | 100% | 117 | 1:826,307 | 7,046 |
| Hong Kong | - | 115 | 1:67,415 | 2,623 |
| Indonesia | - | 112 | 1:2,303,247 | 113,833 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 98 | 1:5,928 | 695 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 86 | 1:638 | 97 |
| Japan | - | 74 | 1:1,729,541 | 18,638 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 73 | 1:97,973 | 7,849 |
| France | 100% | 64 | 1:1,038,599 | 8,027 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 63 | 1:973 | 211 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Panama | 100% | 58 | 1:67,354 | 3,936 |
| Namibia | - | 56 | 1:42,932 | 2,822 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 55 | 1:1,807 | 380 |
| Dominica | - | 55 | 1:1,372 | 247 |
| Qatar | 100% | 51 | 1:46,463 | 5,889 |
| Guam | - | 49 | 1:3,278 | 650 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 48 | 1:73,965 | 1,666 |
| Bermuda | - | 43 | 1:1,508 | 344 |
| Sweden | 100% | 43 | 1:229,254 | 7,631 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 39 | 1:2,814 | 533 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 37 | 1:221,986 | 4,956 |
| Belgium | 100% | 35 | 1:328,287 | 6,355 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 35 | 1:136,227 | 3,805 |
| Micronesia | - | 33 | 1:3,227 | 418 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 31 | 1:766,764 | 34,151 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:1,078 | 245 |
| South Korea | - | 29 | 1:191,187 | 7,453 |
| Spain | 100% | 26 | 1:1,789,614 | 11,088 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 25 | 1:7,113 | 1,099 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 25 | 1:283,547 | 466 |
| Iraq | - | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Jersey | - | 24 | 1:4,166 | 545 |
| Pakistan | 50% | 24 | 1:8,098,237 | 63,928 |
| Grenada | 100% | 23 | 1:4,701 | 790 |
| Mexico | 100% | 21 | 1:5,911,639 | 22,154 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 21 | 1:5,313 | 910 |
| Russia | 100% | 18 | 1:8,012,984 | 32,991 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 17 | 1:108,420 | 1,523 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Denmark | - | 16 | 1:353,094 | 6,331 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 16 | 1:1,887,618 | 33,763 |
| Italy | 100% | 14 | 1:4,361,578 | 21,991 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 14 | 1:3,905 | 670 |
| Bahamas | - | 13 | 1:30,721 | 1,189 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 13 | 1:1,775,072 | 42,958 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 11 | 1:547,121 | 9,117 |
| Afghanistan | - | 10 | 1:3,262,352 | 23,137 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 10 | 1:1,326 | 247 |
| Israel | 100% | 10 | 1:840,292 | 12,787 |
| Gabon | 100% | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Colombia | 100% | 8 | 1:5,972,366 | 31,268 |
| Czechia | 100% | 8 | 1:1,332,020 | 3,968 |
| Honduras | 100% | 8 | 1:1,102,183 | 11,893 |
| Norway | 100% | 8 | 1:641,541 | 10,538 |
| Ecuador | - | 7 | 1:2,532,417 | 12,755 |
| Finland | 80% | 7 | 1:783,312 | 7,794 |
| Chile | 100% | 6 | 1:2,934,535 | 17,145 |
| Georgia | - | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Montserrat | - | 5 | 1:975 | 152 |
| Peru | 100% | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| Ukraine | - | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Mauritius | - | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Croatia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Dérrick (1) are calculated separately.
Derrick (22,796) may also be a surname.
Derrick 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
DEREK (q. v.). From the Teutonic (‘the people’s ruler’, or ‘people’s wealth’), this is an English contraction of Theodoric. As Derrick, it is also a surname. For its slang and colloquial senses, consult my Unconventional English.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A name corrupted from Theodoric.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Teutonic name, meaning: Ruler of the people.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Derrick Forename Popularity
Derrick Demographics
Average Derrick Salary in
United States
$37,786 USD
Per year
Rank:
284,785 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.025498
Rank: 591 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
86.81%
Sample size: 55,628 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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