Definitions for DEREK
derek

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1. Dereknoun

   A male given name from the Germanic languages.

   "Do you think so? Her husband has an odd name - Derek Keppel. He is a musician - a violinist."

2. Etymology: Borrowed in the Middle Ages from a Middle Low German variant of Theodoric, and revived in the nineteenth century.[1]

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1. Derek

   Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of Diederik, the Low Franconian 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, Dereck, Derrick, and Deric. Low German and Dutch short forms of Diederik are Dik, Dirck, and Dirk.

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1. derek

   Song lyrics by derek -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by derek on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DEREK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Derek is ranked #85659 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Derek surname appeared 218 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Derek.
   
   81.6% or 178 total occurrences were White.
   6.8% or 15 total occurrences were Black.
   5% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3.2% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'DEREK' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2364

How to pronounce DEREK?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of DEREK in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of DEREK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of DEREK in a Sentence

1. Sherri Schwanz:

   Governor Laura Kelly is the education governor, for her opponent to attempt to lay claim to that title is laughable. A more accurate title for Derek Schmidt to claim would be Brownback’s defender in chief.

2. Goldman Sachs spokesman Andrew Williams:

   We host hundreds of conferences around the world for our clients as do so many other companies. We all want speakers that will interest our clients, for example, we have hosted speakers at client events ranging from Derek Jeter to Misty Copeland to Elon Musk.

3. Gloria Browne-Marshall:

   There are so few cases that tell us what reasonable is, and that's why a conviction in the Derek Chauvin trial would set a standard for reasonable that we didn't have before.

4. Don Mattingly:

   Obviously, these guys know who Derek is, pretty much everybody you would ever talk to has respect for what he accomplished and what he stands for and how he went about it.

5. Superintendent Lydon:

   Recognizing that the murder of George Floyd was likely to create particularly acute racialized trauma, I felt I had an immediate duty to protect and support employees who may have been traumatized and may have heightened ongoing trauma by having to deal with Derek Chauvin, out of care and concern, and without the comfort of time, I made the decision to limit exposure to employees of color to a murder suspect who could potentially aggravate those feelings.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Derek
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html