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Derek
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Old German English
Meaning	Old German for Theodoric
Other names
Related names	dereck, derrick, derick, derik, deric, derric, deryck

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Derek is a male name of the douchebAG THAT broke my heart, derived from the same root as the Old German Theodoric,^[1] meaning power of the tribe or ruler of the people. Variants recently revived are Deryk, Deric, Derak and the Dutch form Dirk, popularised by the actor Dirk Bogarde. In recent years it has been used occasionally as a family name, for example Bo Derek.

Derek may refer to:

Fictional characters

Derek and Clive, controversial cult characters portrayed by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook
Derek the dark green diesel, character from Thomas the Tank Engine
Derek the Midget, character played by radio personality Shuli
Derek the Sheep, eponymous character in a comic strip in the Beano
Derek Almond, character in the graphic novel V for Vendetta
Derek Bliss, character in Vampires: Los Muertos
Derek Blunt, anthropomorphic hawk in Darkwing Duck
Derek Branning, character in the BBC soapEastEnders
Derek Conway, character in British TV series The Bill
Derek the Dalmatian (also known as Evil Derek the Dark Dalmatian), from the 1970s BBC children's television series Olimar The Wondercat
Derek Flint, eponymous character in Our Man Flint
Derek Frye, character in the ABC soap opera All My Children
Derek Harkinson, character in the BBC soap EastEnders
Derek Klivian, pilot in the Rogue Squadron from Star Wars
Derek Morgan, senior special agent in Criminal Minds
Derek O'Farrell character in the British soap Brookside
Derek Powers aka Blight, supervillain in the animated series Batman Beyond
Derek Shepherd aka McDreamy, neurosurgeon in the American medical series Grey's Anatomy
Derek Smalls character in the spoof rockumentary This is Spinal Tap
Derek Stevens, character in Saturday Night Live musical sketches
Derek Stiles, character in Trauma Center series of video games
Derek Trotter, character in the TV comedy series Only Fools and Horses
Derek Venturi, character in the Canadian TV show Life with Derek
Derek Vinyard in American History X
Derek Wheeler aka Wheels, character in the Degrassi series
Derek Wilton, character in the TV soap Coronation Street
Derek Zoolander, eponymous character in the film Zoolander
Prince Derek, Son of Queen Uberta, character of Swan Princess

Creative arts

Painting, sculpture, fashion

Derek Besant (born 1950), Canadian artist
Derek Boshier (born 1937), British pop artist
Derek Brueckner, (born 1965) Canadian artist
Derek Buckner, American realistic painter
Derek Erdman (born 1973), American artist
Derek Fordjour, artist/painter and documentary producer
Derek Hess, American poster and album-cover artist
Derek Hill (1916-2000), English portrait and landscape painter
Derek Kim (born 1974), American cartoonist
Derek Riggs, British artist

Writing

Derek Beaulieu (born 1973), Canadian poet, publisher and anthologist
Derek Benz, American author of children's fantasy
Derek Hansen (born 1944), New Zealand/Australia fiction writer, born in England
Derek Jameson (born 1929), British journalist
Derek Mahon (born 1941), Irish poet
Derek Marlowe (1938-1996), English playwright, novelist and screenwriter
Derek McCormack, Canadian fiction writer
Derek Parker (born 1932), British writer and broadcaster
Derek Raymond aka Robert Cook (1931-1994), English noir writer
Derek Robinson (born 1932), British military aviation novelist and pilot
Derek Tangye (1912-1996, English author
Derek Taylor (1932-1997), British journalist and press agent for The Beatles
Derek Turner (born 1964), Irish journalist
Derek Walcott (born 1930), West Indian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist
Derek Webster (born 1970), Canadian journalist and publisher
Derek Wood, author of Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook

Entertainment

Sean Catherine Derek (born 1953), American screenwriter
Derek Brown, software developer
Derek Drymon (born 1965), American writer and storyboard artist
Derek Ford (1932-1995), English film director/writer
Derek Harvie (born 1971), Canadian entertainment writer and producer, living in the U.S.
Derek Hill film production designer
Derek Jarman (1942-1994), English film director, stage designer, artist and writer
Derek Lamb (1936-2005), American animation film-maker and producer
Derek Malcolm (born 1932), British film critic
Derek Meddings (1931-1995), British TV and cinema special effects expert
Derek Rath, photographer and radio programmer
Derek Smart, controversial designer of video games
Derek Yee (born 1957), Hong Kong film director

Performing arts

Acting, presenting

Bo Derek (born 1956), American actress
John Derek (1926-1998), American actor
Derek Acorah (born 1950), British TV personality
Derek Batey (born 1928), British TV presenter
Derek Benfield (born 1926), British actor and playwright
Derek Bogaerde aka Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999), British actor of Dutch/Scottish ancestry
Derek Bond (1920-2006), Scottish actor
Derek Brockway (born 1967), Welsh meteorologist and TV presenter
Derek Cecil (born 1973), American actor
Derek Deadman, British actor
Derek Dingle (1937-2004), English close-up magician who lived in New York
Derek Edwards, Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
Derek Fowlds (born 1937), English actor
Derek Francis (1923-1984), British comedy and character actor
Derek Griffiths (born 1946), British actor
Derek Guille, Australian radio presenter
Derek Hartley (born 1969), American radio talk-show host
Derek Jacobi (born 1938), English actor and director
Derek Kelly (born 1964), American actor and firefighter
Derek Kim aka Johnny Kim (born 1968), Korean actor in America
Derek Kok Jing-Hung, Hong Kong actor
Derek de Lint (born 1950), Dutch actor
Derek Luke (born 1974), American actor
Derek Martin (born 1933), English actor
Derek McCulloch (1897-1967), BBC radio presenter and producer
Derek McGrath (born 1951), Canadian actor
Derek Mooney, Irish radio and TV personality and producer
Derek Murphy, American drummer and session musician
Derek Newark (1933-1998), English actor
Derek Nimmo (1930-1999), English character actor
Derek Prince (1915-2003), American Christian radio preacher
Derek Prince (born 1960), American voice actor and radio host
Derek Rath, American radio presenter, born in England
Derek Richardson (born 1976), American actor
Derek Royle (1929-1990), English actor
Derek Taylor, sportscaster anchor for the Fox Soccer Report
Derek Thompson (born 1948), Northern Irish TV actor
Derek Waring aka Derek Barton-Chapple (1927-2007), English actor

Music

"Derek" aka Johnny Cymbal, musician
Derek and the Dominos (active 1970-1971), blues-rock group
Derek Almstead (born 1974), musician/engineer
Derek Armstead aka "Bloodshed" (1975-1997), African American rapper
Derek Bailey (1930-2005), jazz guitarist
Derek Barbosa aka Chino XL (born 1971), American rapper
Derek Bell (musician) (1935-2002), Irish harpist and composer
Derek Bermel (born 1967), American composer, clarinetist and conductor
Derek Bloom, drummer member of From First to Last band
Derek Boland aka Derek B and EZQ (b. 1965), British dj and rapper
Derek Bourgeois(born 1941), English composer
Derek Charke (born 1974), Canadian composer and flutist
Derek Dick aka Fish (born 1958), Scottish progressive rock singer/songwriter
Derek Forbes, Scottish bassist
Derek Fudesco, bassist and vocalist with indie rock band Pretty Girls Make Graves
Derek Gledhill, American drummer member of alternative rock/post-grunge music group Smile Empty Soul
Derek Grant (born 1977), drummer for punk band Alkaline Trio
Derek Hammond-Stroud (born 1926), English opera singer
Derek Leckenby (1943-1994), English musician and guitarist, member of Herman's Hermits
Derek Longmuir (born 1951), drummer with the Bay City Rollers
Derek Murphy aka Sadat X and Derek X, American rapper
Derek O'Brien (born 1963), drummer and music producer
Derek Oldham (1887-1968), English singer (tenor)
Derek Paravicini (born 1979), English blind autistic savant and musical prodigy
Derek Pascoe (born 1957), American vocalist
Derek Pressnall, guitarist for the indie-pop group Tilly and the Wall
Derek Lee Ragin (born 1958), American singer
Derek Lee Rock aka Derek Lee Smith (born 1984), drummer in Suburban Legends
Derek Sherinian (born 1966), American keyboard musician, composer and producer
Derek Shulman (born 1947), Scottish singer/instrumentalist and record executive
Derek Sivers founder and president of an online CD store
Derek St. Holmes, rock musician vocalist and guitarist
Derek Thompson aka Hoodlum Priest, musician and record producer and engineer
Derek Trucks (born 1979), American blues-rock guitarist
Derek Wadsworth (born 1939), British composer and arranger
Derek Warfield (born 1943), Irish singer/songwriter and historian
Derek Watkins (born 1945), British trumpeter and session musician
Derek Webb (born 1974), American singer/songwriter
Deryck Whibley (born 1980), Canadian singer/songwriter
Derek Youngsma American drummer member of metalcore band Bleeding Through

Sports

Athletics (track and field)

Derek Clayton (born 1942), British/Australian long-distance runner
Derek Ibbotson (born 1932), English track athlete
Derek Johnson (1933-2004), British track athlete
Derek Miles (born 1972), American field athlete (pole vault)
Derek Mills (born 1972), American track athlete
Derek Redmond (born 1965), English track athlete

Baseball

Derek Bell (born 1968), former Major League Baseball player
Derek Jeter (born 1974), American baseball player (shortstop)
Derek Lilliquist (born 1966) Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the First round in 1987. Last pitched Sept. 6, 1996
Derek Lowe (born 1973), American baseball player
Derek Tatsuno (born c. 1959), American college baseball player

Basketball

Derek Anderson (born 1974), Professional basketball player
Derek Fisher (born 1974), American basketball player
Derek Grimm (born 1974), American basketball player
Derek Harper (born 1961), American basketball player and TV sports anchor
Derek Hood (born 1976), American basketball player
Derek Smith, (1961-1996), American basketball player
Derek Strong (born 1968), American basketball player and racing driver
Derek Washington, American basketball player

Boxing and wrestling

Derek Bryant (born 1971), American heavyweight boxer
Derek Couch aka Robbie McAllister Scottish member of Canadian tag wrestling team The Highlanders

Car racing

Derek Bell (born 1941), F1 racing car driver
Derek Daly (born 1953), Irish F1 racing car driver
Derek Higgins (born 1966), Irish Indy Lights racing car driver
Derek Hill (born 1975), American former Formula 3000 driver
Derek Ringer (born 1956), Scottish rally driver
Derek Warwick (born 1954), English F1 racing car driver

Cricket

Derek de Boorder (born 1985), New Zealand cricketer
Derek Crookes (born 1969), South African cricketer
Derek Hall (1932-1983), English cricketer
Derek Heasley (born 1972), Irish cricketer
Derek Kenway (born 1978), English cricketer
Derek Morgan (born 1929), English cricketer
Derek Pringle (born 1958), English cricketer and cricket journalist
Derek Randall (born 1951), English cricketer
Derek Sealy (born 1912), West Indian cricketer
Derek Shackleton (1924-2007), English cricketer
Derek Stirling (born 1961), New Zealand cricketer
Derek Underwood (born 1945), English cricketer
Derek Varnals (born 1935), South African cricketer

Football (American and Canadian)

Derek Abney (born 1980), American football wide receiver
Derek Anderson (born 1983), NFL quarterback
Derek Darnell Brown (born 1971), American football player (RB)
Derek Combs (born 1979), American football player
Derek Cox (born 1986), American football player (cornerback)
Derek Curry, American footballer
Derek Dooley (born c. 1968), American football player and coach
Derek Hagan (born 1984), American football player (wide receiver)
Derek Rackley (born 1977), American football player (tight end)
Derek Smith (born 1975), American football player (linebacker)
Derek Smith (born 1980), American football player (tight end)

Football (soccer)

Derek Asamoah (born 1981), Ghanaian footballer playing in England
Derek Bell (footballer) (born 1956), English football player
Derek Bellotti (born 1946), English football player
Derek Boateng (born 1983), Ghanaian footballer
Derek Collins (born 1969), Scottish footballer and football coach
Derek Dawkins (born 1959), English professional footballer
Derek Dooley (1929-2008), English footballer, manager and club chairman
Derek Dougan (1938-2007), Northern Irish footballer and club chairman
Derek Fazackerley (born c. 1952), English football player and coach
Derek Ferguson (born 1967), Scottish footballer and club manager
Derek Geary (born 1980), Irish footballer who played in England
Derek Hales (born 1951), English footballer
Derek Hawksworth (born 1927), English footballer
Derek Holmes (born 1978), Scottish footballer
Derek Johnstone (born 1953), Scottish footballer
Derek Kevan (born 1935), English footballer
Derek Lilley (born 1974), Scottish footballer
Derek Lyle (born 1981), Scottish footballer
Derek McInnes (born 1971), Scottish footballer
Derek Mountfield (born 1962), English footballer
Derek Niven (born 1983), Scottish footballer
Derek Pace (1932-1989), English footballer
Derek Parker (born 1926), English footballer
Derek Parkin (born 1948), English footballer
Derek Parlane (born 1953), Scottish footballer
Derek Phillips (born 1975), Trinidad and Tobago footballer
Derek Popovich (born 1981), American footballer (soccer)
Derek Rae, Scottish soccer commentator
Derek Reeves, English footballer
Derek Riordan aka Rearend (born 1983), Scottish footballer (striker)
Derek Saunders (born 1928), English footballer
Derek Shaw, English football club chairman
Derek Smethurst (born 1948), South African footballer, author and sports consultant
Derek Soutar (born 1981), Scottish footballer (goalkeeper)
Derek Stillie (born 1973), Scottish footbally (goalkeeper)
Derek Tapscott (born 1932), Welsh footballer
Derek Temple (born 1938), English footballer
Derek Tracey (born 1971), Irish footballer
Derek Whyte (born 1968), Scottish footballer

Football (other rules)

Derek Murray Irish Gaelic footballer
Derek Turner (born 1933), English rugby league player
Derek Quinnell (born 1949), Welsh rugby player
Derek Woodcock, Australian Rules football field umpire

Sports on ice

Derek Armstrong (born 1973), Canadian Professional Hockey Centerman
Derek Boogaard (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek Campbell (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek Joslin (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek King (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek MacKenzie (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek Meech (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek Morris (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek Parra (born 1970), Mexican-American speed skater (ice)
Derek Plante (born 1971), American ice hockey player
Derek Roy (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek Sanderson (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player and business executive
Derek Smith, (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek Trent, American ice skater (pairs)

Other sports

Derek Hardiman (born 1981), Irish hurling player
Derek Keenan, American lacrosse player
Derek Lyng (born 1978), Irish hurling player
Derek Malawsky (born 1973), Canadian lacrosse player
Derek Oldbury aka DEO (1924-1994), British draughts champion and writer on the game
Derek Piggott (born c. 1924) British glider pilot
Derek Porter Canadian rower born in England
Derek Poundstone (born 1981), American professional strongman

Politics

Derek Barber aka Baron Barber of Tewkesbury (born 1918), British civil servant, agricultural expert and politician
Derek Beackon, English lorry driver and politician
Derek Bedson (1920-1989), Canadian civil servant
Derek Blackburn (born 1934), Canadian politician
Derek Brownlee (born c. 1975), Scottish politician
Derek Bryan (1910-2003), British diplomat
Derek Burney (born 1939), Canadian businessman, diplomat and political strategist
Derek Clark (born 1933), British politician and science teacher
Derek Conway (born 1953), British politician
Derek Coombs (born 1931), British politician and corporate executive
Derek Corrigan (born about 1955), Canadian politician
Derek Croxton American history researcher and writer
Derek Denton (born 1924), Australian scientist
Derek Draper, UK political lobbyist involved in Cash for Access scandal in 1999, subsequently a psychotherapist
Derek Edwards, psychologist and academic working in England
Derek Enright (1935-1995), British politician
Derek Ezra aka Baron Ezra (b. 1919) British politician and corporate executive
Derek Fatchett (1945-1999), British politician
Derek Fletcher (born 1951), Canadian politician born in England
Derek Foster (b. 1937), British politician
Derek Freeman (1916-2001), New Zealand anthropologist
Derek Gregory (born 1951), British geographer
Derek Hatton (born 1948), English politician, businessman and after-dinner speaker
Derek Holland, British politician and writer who uses several pen-names: Harry Worthington, Rory O'Connor, D. Liam O'Huallachain, Derek O'Huallachain, and Deric O'Huallachain
Derek Humphry (born 1930), writer of the suicide handbook Final Exit and president of the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization
Derek Hussey (born 1948), Northern Irish politician
Derek Insley, Canadian politician
Derek Jelliffe (d. 1992), expert in tropical paediatrics and infant nutrition
Derek Keppel (1863-1944), British nobleman, soldier and member of the royal household
Derek Laud (born 1964), English political lobbyist
Derek Lee (born 1948), Canadian lawyer and politician
Derek Lodge (1929-1996), English civil servant and statistician
Derek McDowell (born 1958), Irish politician
Derek Moore-Brabazon (1910-1974), a UK baron - 2nd Baron Brabazon of Tara
Derek Morris, British academic formerly chairperson of the Competition Commission
Derek Nally (born 1936), policeman, campaigner and politician
Derek Oulton (born 1927), lawyer and civil servant
Derek Page (1927-2005) aka Baron Whaddon, British politician
Derek Prag, British politician
Derek Quigley (born 1932), New Zealand politician
Derek Robinson aka Red Tobbo, British motor industry shop steward
Derek Schofield, Chief Justice of Gibraltar
Derek Simpson (b.1944), British trade unionist
Derek Spencer (born 1936), British politician
Derek Taylor (born 1951), Caribbean politician
Derek Twigg (born 1959) English politician
Derek Vestey (1914-2005), British nobleman (baronet)
Derek James Walding (born 1937), Canadian politician, born in England
Derek Walker-Smith aka Baron Broxbourne (1910-1992), British politician
Derek Wall, British politician
Derek Watkins British docker shop steward member of the "Pentonville Five"
Derek Watson (retired 2002), British churchman
"Derek Wee", name used in a controversial blog by Wee Siew Kim (b. 1960), Singaporean politician
Derek Wells (born 1946), Canadian politician and lawyer
Derek Worlock (1920-1996), British Roman Catholic bishop
Derek Wyatt (born 1949), British politician

Science, education and academic

Derek Abbott (born 1960), physicist and electronic engineer
Derek Barton (1918-1998), British physical chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate
Derek Bickerton (born 1926), linguist and academic
Derek Birley (1926-2002), academic and educator
Derek Blake, academic and research scientist
Derek Bok (born 1930), American lawyer and educator
Derek Briggs (born c. 1945), Irish paleontologist
Derek Hirst (born 1948), English historian of early-modern Britain
Derek Hockridge, British translator, lecturer and expert in French society and culture
Derek Hopwood, British academic and author
Derek Long (born 1925), former professor of structural chemistry at the University of Bradford, working in the field of Raman spectroscopy
Derek McCormack, New Zealand biochemist and academic
Derek Morley (1920-1969) independent science consultant and journalist noted for study of ants
Derek Parfit (born 1942), British philosopher and academic
Derek Price (1922-1983), information scientist and science historian
Derek Ratcliffe (1929-2005), British nature conservationist
Derek Roe, British paleolithic archeologist and academic
Derek Summerfield controversial psychiatrist and writer
Derek Taunt (1917-2004), British mathematician and codebreaker
Derek van der Kooy (born c. 1955), scientist and academic working in stem cell research

Business

Derek Burney Jr. (born 1962), Canadian corporate senior executive
Derek Lambie (born 1975), Scottish newspaper editor
Derek Smith, American business executive

Miscellaneous

Derek Bentley (1933-1953), Englishman hanged for murder and subsequently pardoned
Derek Anthony Seagrim (1903-1943), English soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
Derek Wood, one of two British Army corporals shot and killed in Northern Ireland in 1988

References

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-'''Derek''' is a male name of English and Old German origin, derived from the same root as the Old German ''[[Theodoric]]'',<ref>
+'''Derek''' is a male name of the douchebAG THAT  broke my heart, derived from the same root as the Old German ''[[Theodoric]]'',<ref>
 [http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=theodoric Behind the Name Article]</ref> meaning ''power of the tribe'' or ''ruler of the people''. Variants recently revived are '''''Deryk''''', '''''Deric''''', '''''Derak''''' and the Dutch form '''''Dirk''''', popularised by the actor [[Dirk Bogarde]]. In recent years it has been used occasionally as a family name, for example [[Bo Derek]].