"Derek" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈdɛɹɪk/
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪk Etymology: Borrowed in the Middle Ages from a Middle Low German variant of Theodoric, and revived in the nineteenth century. Not related to Hebrew דֶּרֶךְ (déreḵ, “road”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gml|-}} Middle Low German, {{nc|he|דֶּרֶךְ||road|tr=déreḵ}} Hebrew דֶּרֶךְ (déreḵ, “road”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Derek
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Translations (given name): Θευδέριχος (Theudérikhos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Teodoric (Catalan), 德里克 (Délǐkè) (Chinese Mandarin), 德瑞克 (Déruìkè) (Chinese Mandarin), Dětřich (Czech), Diederik (Dutch), Diedrich (Dutch), Dirk (Dutch), Teodoriko (Esperanto), Tiidrik (Estonian), Tiit (Estonian), Tíðrikur (Faroese), Tiiri (english: more commonly a surname) [rare] (Finnish), Didrik [rare] (Finnish), Thierry (French), Teoderico (Galician), Dietrich (German), Dirk (German), Θεοδώριχος (Theodórichos) [masculine] (Greek), Ντέρεκ (Ntérek) [transliteration] (Greek), Detre (Hungarian), Diðrik (Icelandic), Þiðrik (Icelandic), Teodorico (Italian), デレク (dereku) (Japanese), Theodoricus (Latin), Didzis [masculine] (Latvian), Didrik (Norwegian), Teodoryk [masculine] (Polish), Teodorico (Portuguese), Teodoric (Romanian), Дерек (Derek) (Russian), Ruairidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), Теодорик [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Teodorik [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Teodorik (Slovene), Teodorico (Spanish), Didrik (Swedish), Tiri (Walloon)
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  2. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Derek-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Bo Derek Related terms: Dedrick, Del, Derk, Derry, Dirk, Jerrick, Terry
Synonyms: Derick, Derrick, Deryck, Darek, Darrick, Darriq, Dereck, Deric, Derik, Deriq, Derreck, Derrek, Derrik, Derryck, Derryk, Deryk, Deryke
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    "Terms with Czech translations",
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    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Walloon translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Bo Derek"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "דֶּרֶךְ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "road",
        "tr": "déreḵ"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew דֶּרֶךְ (déreḵ, “road”)",
      "name": "nc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed in the Middle Ages from a Middle Low German variant of Theodoric, and revived in the nineteenth century. Not related to Hebrew דֶּרֶךְ (déreḵ, “road”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Derek",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Dedrick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Del"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derk"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derry"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dirk"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jerrick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Terry"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English given names",
        "English male given names",
        "English male given names from Germanic languages",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1895, The American Magazine, Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, page 446:",
          "text": "\"Do you think so? Her husband has an odd name - Derek Keppel. He is a musician - a violinist.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, Joseph Heller, Something happened, →ISBN, page 509:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 292:",
          "text": "Frederick or Derek Boothby was in his late fifties, the son of a naval officer and a daughter of the Earl of Limerick.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name from the Germanic languages."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛɹɪk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɹɪk"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Derick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derrick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Deryck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Darek"
    },
    {
      "word": "Darrick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Darriq"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dereck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Deric"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derik"
    },
    {
      "word": "Deriq"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derreck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derrek"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derrik"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derryck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derryk"
    },
    {
      "word": "Deryk"
    },
    {
      "word": "Deryke"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Teodoric"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Délǐkè",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "德里克"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Déruìkè",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "德瑞克"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Dětřich"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Diederik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Diedrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Dirk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Teodoriko"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Tiidrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Tiit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Tíðrikur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "more commonly a surname",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "raw_tags": [
        "as a first name"
      ],
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "Tiiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "Didrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Thierry"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Teoderico"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Dietrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Dirk"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Theodórichos",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Θεοδώριχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "raw_tags": [
        "from English"
      ],
      "roman": "Ntérek",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "transliteration"
      ],
      "word": "Ντέρεκ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Theudérikhos",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Θευδέριχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Detre"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Diðrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Þiðrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Teodorico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dereku",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "デレク"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Theodoricus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Didzis"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Didrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Teodoryk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Teodorico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Teodoric"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Derek",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Дерек"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ruairidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Теодорик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "Teodorik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Teodorik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Teodorico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Didrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Tiri"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Derek",
    "Derek (surname)"
  ],
  "word": "Derek"
}

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