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
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.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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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 |