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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."
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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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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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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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.
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Rank popularity for the word 'Derek' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2364
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Derek in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Derek in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of Derek in a Sentence
I have had to sit through each day of officer Derek Chauvin's trial and watch the video of George dying for hours, over and over again, for an entire year, I had to relive George being tortured to death.
Derek I want you to know I have always believed in your innocence, and I will never waiver from that, i have read numerous letters from people around the world that also believe in your innocence.
Teenagers have been having fights, including fights involving knives, for eons. We do not need police to address these situationsby showing up to the scene and using a weapon against one of the teenagers. TUCKER CARLSON: JURY VERDICT IN DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL A CRY OF 'PLEASE DON'T HURT US' Everyone should be frightened that the ruling [W]hite elite have done such a thoroughly successful job of not only disconnecting us from the means of basic self-sufficiency, but also convincing us we need armed [W]hite officers to manage our children and communities.
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.
I'm not dancing in the street yet. ... I'm kind of pessimistic about it, but I'm glad Derek Chauvin's convicted, and then we'll see what happens with the other pigs.
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