Derek
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See also derék
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rare non-standard spellings
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Borrowed in the Middle Ages from a Low German variant of Theodoric, Germanic þeud "people" + ric "ruler", and revived in the nineteenth century.[1]
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- Rhymes: -ɛrɪk
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Derek
- A male given name. Popular in the UK in mid-twentieth century.
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- 1895, The American Magazine, Crowell-Collier Pub. co.,1895. page 446:
- "Do you think so? Her husband has an odd name - Derek Keppel. He is a musician - a violinist."
- 1974, Joseph Heller, Something happened, ISBN 0 224 01065 4, page 509:
- We do not entertain as much anymore because of Derek. (He produces strain. We have to pretend he doesn't.) I used to like him when I still thought he was normal. I was fond of him. I used to call him Dirk, and Kiddo, Steamshovel, Dinky Boy, and Dicky Dare. Till I found out what he was. Now it's always formal: Derek.
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given name
[edit] References
- Notes:
- ^ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names.Oxford University Press 2001.
