Dereck

Where Dereck comes from

The dictionaries list Dereck as a given name — a male given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Derek — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1949
    First appearance
    #3,690 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1997
    Dereck Kutesa born
    Swiss association football player
  3. 2004
    Dereck Lively II born
    American basketball player
  4. 2024
    Peak, #663
    413 babies named Dereck — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Derek.
Namesakes
  • Dereck Lively II · American basketball player, born 2004
  • Dereck Kutesa · Swiss association football player, born 1997
  • Dereck Joubert · screenwriter, film producer and cinematographer, born 1956
  • Dereck E. Davis · American politician, born 1967
  • Dereck Moncada · Honduran association football player, born 2007

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.