Etymology

Derek

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Today it means: A male given name from the Germanic languages. Full definition →

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The story

Borrowed in the Middle Ages from a Middle Low German variant of Theodoric, and revived in the 19th century.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.