What is the meaning of the name Derek?

The meaning of the name Derek is "power of the tribe". The origin of the name is "German". The name Derek is mostly used as a boys name.

Right pronunciation of Derek

\d(e)-rek\

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Derek is a really popular first name for boys (#163) but a really uncommon last name. Users of our site ranked the name with a 0.0 (0 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this boys name above or write a comment on the name Derek.

How popular is the name Derek?

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The year 1989 was for Derek a very good year. In that year there were 8363 births with the name Derek. Find out if Derek is in the top 100 boys names 1989 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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