Derek

Alternative forms




Etymology
Borrowed in the Middle Ages from a variant of Theodoric, and revived in the nineteenth century. Not related to.

Usage notes
Popular in the UK in mid-twentieth century.

Translations

 * Catalan: Teodoric
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 德里克, 德瑞克
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, Diedrich,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: Tiidrik, Tiit
 * Faroese: Tíðrikur
 * Finnish: Tiiri, Didrik
 * French:
 * Galician: Teoderico
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek: Θευδέριχος
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: デレク
 * Latin: Theodoricus
 * Latvian: Didzis
 * Norwegian: Didrik
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Teodoric
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: Ruairidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Теодорик
 * Roman: Teodorik
 * Slovene: Teodorik
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Walloon: