Derek


Gender:
Origin: German
1139 famous people named Derek found on Wikipedia.
230806 male, 910 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 257-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 50-th in year 1982
Used in: English

Meanings

Derek is a male name. It is the English language short form of Diederik, the Low Franconian and Low German form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of "people-ruler".
Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derick, Derrick and Deric, more rarely also Dek, Deryck, Darack, or Derrok. Dutch language short forms of Diederik are Dik, Dirck, and Dirk, (popularised by the actor Dirk Bogarde) and a Low German form is Dierk (Dierk Hoff).

Ruler of the people.

Famous People: 1139 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Derek Jeter 1974 Baseball player from the United States
2 Derek Hough 1985 Dancer
3 Bo Derek 1956 Actress
4 Derek Shepherd Fictional human
5 Derek Jacobi 1938 English actor and film director
6 Derek Carr 1991 American football quarterback
7 Derek Morgan 1973
8 John Derek 1926 American actor, director and photographer
9 Derek Theler 1986 American actor
10 Derek Trucks 1978 American guitarist, bandleader and songwriter
11 Derek Luke 1974 American actor
12 Derek Brunson 1984 American sport wrestler and martial artist
13 Derek Redmond 1965 British retired athlete
14 Derek Griffiths 1946 English film and television actor
15 Derek Walcott 1930 Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright
16 Derek Watt 1992 American football player
17 Derek Richardson 1976 American actor
18 Derek Fowlds 1937 British actor and presenter
19 Derek Bentley 1933 Hanged for the murder of a police officer
20 Derek Muller 1982 Science filmmaker
21 Derek Mears 1972 American actor
22 Derek Waters 1979 American actor
23 Derek Boogaard 1982 Canadian hockey player
24 Derek Cecil 1973 American actor
25 Derek Jarman 1942 British film director and artist
26 Derek Wolfe 1990 American football player
27 Derek Parfit 1942 British philosopher
28 Derek Blasberg 1982 American journalist
29 Derek Mason American football player and coach
30 Derek Cianfrance 1974 American film director and screenwriter
31 Derek Acorah 1950 English television personality/Spiritual Medium
32 Derek Drouin 1990 Canadian high jumper
33 Derek Smart Video game developer and businessperson
34 Derek Prince 1915 British missionary
35 Derek Ramsay 1976 Filipino actor and model
36 Derek Sherinian 1966 American keyboardist
37 Derek Harper 1961 American basketball player
38 Derek McInnes 1971 Scottish footballer and manager
39 Derek Longmuir 1951 British musician
40 Derek St. Holmes 1953 American musician
41 Derek Sanderson 1946 Canadian ice hockey player
42 Derek Holland 1986 American baseball player
43 Derek Paravicini 1979 British musician
44 DJ Derek 1941
45 Derek Hatton 1948 British politician
46 Derek Poundstone 1981 American strength athlete
47 Derek Riddell 1967 British actor
48 Derek Stepan 1990 American ice hockey player
49 Derek Nimmo 1930 Actor, theatre manager
50 Derek Barnett 1996 American football player
51 Derek Riordan 1983 Scottish footballer
52 Derek Branning
53 Derek Connolly 1976 American screenwriter
54 Derek Bok 1930 American academic administrator and lawyer
55 Derek Landy 1974 Irish children's writer
56 Derek Boateng 1983 Ghanaian footballer
57 Derek Phillips 1976 American actor
58 Derek Adams 1975 Football player
59 Derek Riggs 1958 British artist
60 Derek Stephen Prince 1969 American actor
61 Derek Taylor 1932 British music executive
62 Derek Martin 1933 British actor
63 Derek Warwick 1954 British racecar driver
64 Derek Minor 1984 American Christian hip hop artist, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, and screenwriter
65 Derek Powers Fictional character
66 Derek Royle 1928 British actor
67 Derek Roy 1983 Canadian ice hockey player
68 Derek Smalls Fictional musician
69 Derek McGrath 1951 Actor
70 Derek Norris 1989 American baseball player
71 Derek Klena 1991 American actor and singer
72 Derek Draper 1967 British lobbyist
73 Derek Sivers 1969 Businessman
74 Derek Kilmer 1974 American politician
75 Derek Anderson 1990 Mixed martial artist
76 Derek Campos 1988 Mixed martial artist
77 Derek Hagan 1984 American football player
78 Derek Webb 1974 Musician
79 Derek Bailey 1930 British guitarist
80 Derek Yee 1957 Hong Kong film director
81 Derek Drymon 1968 Writer and storyboard artist
82 Derek Asamoah 1981 Professional footballer
83 Derek Forbes 1956 British musician
84 Derek de Lint 1950 Dutch actor
85 Derek Law 1990 American baseball player
86 Derek Dietrich 1989 American baseball player
87 Derek Daly 1953 Racecar driver
88 Derek Underwood 1945 English cricketer and president of Marylebone Cricket Club
89 Derek Dougan 1938 Northern Irish footballer and manager
90 Derek Leckenby 1943 English guitarist
91 Derek Roddy 1972 American musician
92 Derek Sherrod 1989 Player of American football
93 Ben English 1964 British pornographic film actor & director
94 Derek Benfield 1926 British actor and playwright
95 Derek Mackay 1977 British politician
96 Derek Haas 1970 American screenwriter
97 Derek Pascoe 1957 British singer
98 Derek Kellogg 1973 American basketball player-coach
99 Derek Laud 1964 Political lobbyist and Big Brother contestant
100 Derek Tsang 1979 Hong Kong actor and director
101 Derek Smith 1961 American basketball player, born 1961
102 Derek Yu 1982 Video game artist
103 Derek J. de Solla Price 1922 British historian and physicist
104 Derek Magyar 2000 American actor
105 Derek Johnstone 1953 Scottish footballer and manager
106 Derek MacKenzie 1981 Canadian ice hockey player
107 Derek Carrier 1990 American football player
108 Derek Lam 1966 American fashion designer
109 Derek Shulman 1947 British singer
110 Derek Jameson 1929 English journalist
111 Derek Hanekom 1953 South African politician
112 Derek Webster 1981 American actor
113 Derek Hersey 1956 British rock climber
114 Derek Sharp 1965 Canadian musician
115 Derek Newark 1933 British actor
116 Derek Randall 1951 Cricket player of England.
117 Derek Meddings 1931 British special effects designer and technician
118 Derek Deadman 1940 British actor
119 Derek Dorsett 1986 Canadian ice hockey player
120 Derek Brockway 1967 British weather forecaster
121 Derek Newton 1987 Player of American football
122 Derek Francis 1923 British actor
123 Derek Barton 1918 English organic chemist
124 Derek Farr 1912 British actor
125 Derek Bond 1920 British actor
126 Derek Freeman 1916 New Zealand anthropologist
127 Derek Wilton
128 Derek Rocco Barnabei 1967
129 Derek McGinty 1959 American journalist
130 Derek Pringle 1958 Cricket player of England.
131 Derek Fisher 1993 American baseball player
132 Derek White 1970
133 Derek Rivers
134 Derek Ferguson 1967 Scottish footballer
135 Derek Cox 1986 Player of American football
136 Derek Wong 1989 Singaporean badminton player
137 Derek Loville 1968 American football player
138 Derek Bell 1935 Northern Irish musician
139 Derek Boyer 1969 Fijian-Australian world champion powerlifter, former professional strongman competitor and actor
140 Derek Humphry 1930 British-born American euthanasia activist and writer
141 Derek Kok 1964 Hong Kong acto
142 Derek Forbort 1992 American ice hockey player
143 Derek Handley 1978 New Zealand businessman
144 Derek Conway 1953 British politician
145 Derek Morris 1978 Ice hockey player
146 Derek Malcolm 1932 English film critic, historian
147 Derek Dooley 1929 English footballer and manager
148 Derek Wilford British Army officer
149 Derek Rae 1967 Scottish footballer
150 Derek Landri 1983 American football defensive tackle
151 Derek Mahon 1941 Poet
152 Derek Kelly 1964 American actor
153 Derek Warfield 1943 Irish singer
154 Derek B 1965 British rapper
155 Derek Mio 1982 American actor
156 Derek Quinnell 1949 Welsh rugby union player
157 Derek Ibbotson 1932 Athletics competitor
158 Derek Waring 1927 British actor
159 Derek Miller 1974 Musician
160 Derek Fildebrandt 1985 Canadian politician & advocate
161 Derek Mills – Roberts 1908 WWII British army officer
162 Derek Cameron 1972 Actor
163 Derek Marlowe 1938 English author, playwright, screenwriter
164 Derek Thompson 1950 Horseracing broadcaster
165 Derek Mountfield 1962 English footballer and manager
166 Derek Lyle 1981 Scottish footballer
167 Derek Bickerton 1926 American linguist
168 Derek Ryan 1986 American ice hockey player
169 Derek Raymond 1931 English crime writer
170 Derek Grant 1990 Canadian ice hockey player
171 Derek Mooney 1967 Irish radio and television presenter
172 Derek Ho 1964 American surfer
173 Derek Lilliquist 1966 American baseball player
174 Derek Abbott 1960 Physicist, engineer
175 Derek Kwok 1976 Film director
176 Derek Watkins 1945 English jazz, pop and classical lead trumpet player
177 Derek Lee Nixon 1983 American actor and producer
178 Derek Batey 1928 English television presenter
179 Derek Raivio 1984 American basketball player
180 Derek Chollet
181 Derek Holt 1949 British singer
182 Derek Moye 1988 American football player
183 Derek Flint
184 Derek Whyte 1968 Scottish footballer
185 Derek Tangye 1912 British writer
186 Derek Quinlan Irish businessman
187 Derek Hales 1951 English footballer
188 Derek Schmidt 1968 American politician
189 Derek Parlane 1953 Scottish footballer
190 Derek Davis 1948 Irish broadcaster
191 Derek Bloom 1983 American musician
192 Derek Mills 1972 American sprinter
193 Derek Hamilton 1958 Scottish footballer
194 Derek Fazackerley 1951 English footballer
195 Derek Boshier 1937 English art
196 Derek Kickett 1962 Australian rules footballer
197 Derek Percy
198 Derek Wall British environmentalist
199 Derek Robinson 1932 British writer
200 Derek Harvie 1974 Canadian television producer