Derek

derék derek Đerek English + (surname) Alternative forms en Derick en Derrick en Deryck en rare non-standard spellings (some based upon mispronunciations and mergers) Darek Darrick Darick Darriq Dereck Deric Derik Deriq Derreck Derrek Derrik Derryck Derryk Deryk Deryke Etymology Borrowed in the Middle Ages from a en gml - variant of Theodoric, and revived in the 19th century.en 2001 w:Patrick Hanks Flavia Hodges A Concise Dictionary of First Names w:Oxford University Press 3rd 9780198662594 Pronunciation en /ˈdɛɹɪk/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Derek.wav Southern England en ɛɹɪk 2 en derrick Proper noun en male Germanic languages. en 1895 The American Magazine w:Crowell-Collier Publishing Company 446 "Do you think so? Her husband has an odd name - Derek Keppel. He is a musician - a violinist." en 1974 w:Joseph Heller Something happened 0224010654 509 We do not entertain as much anymore because of Derek. (He produces strain. We have to pretend he doesn't.) I used to like him when I still thought he was normal. I was fond of him. I used to call him Dirk, and Kiddo, Steamshovel, Dinky Boy, and Dicky Dare. Till I found out what he was. Now it's always formal: Derek. en 2010 w:James Robertson And the Land Lay Still Hamish Hamilton 9780241143568 292 Frederick or Derek Boothby was in his late fifties, the son of a naval officer and a daughter of the Earl of Limerick. en Fredreka Schouten; Tierney Sneed GOP leaders pursue new lawsuits over 2024 election rules – including attacking methods of voting they want supporters to use w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/11/politics/rnc-2024-election-lawsuits/index.html 2024-04-11 The willingness to bring more marginal legal cases reflects how the amount of money being put toward election litigation has increased significantly, said Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame who noted that the trend also applies to Democrats and outside groups across the ideological spectrum. https://web.archive.org/web/20240429144618/https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/11/politics/rnc-2024-election-lawsuits/index.html en. Usage notes Popular in the United Kingdom in the mid-20th century. Derived terms en Bo Derek MerDer Sterek Related terms en Dedrick Del Derk Derry Dirk Jerrick Terry Translations given name Catalan: ca Teodoric Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 德里克 Délǐkè, cmn 德瑞克 Déruìkè Czech: cs Dětřich Dutch: nl Diederik, nl Diedrich, nl Dirk Esperanto: eo Teodoriko Estonian: et Tiidrik, et Tiit Faroese: fo Tíðrikur Finnish: fi Tiiri very rare as a first name, more commonly a surname, fi Didrik rare French: fr Thierry Galician: gl Teoderico German: de Dietrich, de Dirk Greek: el Θεοδώριχος m, el Ντέρεκ transliteration from English Ancient Greek: grc Θευδέριχος m Hungarian: hu Detre Icelandic: is Diðrik, is Þiðrik Italian: it Teodorico Japanese: ja デレク dereku Latin: la Theodoricus Latvian: lv Didzis m Norwegian: no Didrik Polish: pl Teodoryk m Portuguese: pt Teodorico Romanian: ro Teodoric Russian: ru Дерек Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Теодорик Latin: sh Teodorik Slovene: sl Teodorik Spanish: es Teodorico Swedish: sv Didrik Walloon: wa Tiri References Further reading Behind the Name Article Think Baby Names Article