Derick
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Derek
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈdɛɹɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Derick is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Uganda it is the 12th most common given name.
- IEIreland≈1 in 977as Derek(inferred from the name graph)
- UGUganda≈1 in 998as Derrick
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 1Kas Derek
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Derick itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #411 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 608 (measured from records)
- 1 in 9.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈510,000 named Derek, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Brazil
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Derek in US United States, GB United Kingdom, IE Ireland and 1 more and Derrick in KE Kenya, GH Ghana, UG Uganda.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Derek.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Derick counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈510,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | — | Derek | 70 |
| US United States | #173 | 201,259as Derek | 1 in 1.7K | 201K | Derek | 608 |
| GB United Kingdom | #132 | ≈63,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | 5 | Derek | 332 |
| UG Uganda | #12 | ≈43,000 est. | ≈1 in 998 | — | Derrick | 48 |
| KE Kenya | #348 | ≈42,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Derrick | 54 |
| BR Brazil | — | 21,855 | 1 in 9.7K | 22K | — | 6 |
| GH Ghana | #26 | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Derrick | 83 |
| IE Ireland | #118 | ≈5,300 est. | ≈1 in 977 | — | Derek | 161 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Derick is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
1 English: variant of DEREK . 2 Scottish: short form of RODERICK . Top
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amoryb. 1899GBBritish politician and government minister (1899–1981)
- Derick Thomsonb. 1921GBScottish poet (1921–2012)
- Derick Martinib. 1972USAmerican screenwriter and director
- Derick Neikirkb. 1974USAmerican professional wrestler and baseball player
- Derick Armstrongb. 1979USAmerican football player
- Derick Hougaardb. 1983ZASouth African rugby union footballer
- Derick Brassardb. 1987CACanadian ice hockey player
- Derick Ogbub. 1990NGNigerian association football player
- Derick Silvab. 1998BRBrazilian athletics competitor
- Derick Oseib. 1998FRGhanaian and French association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 70 sources across 43 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 22K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 22K | #1,006 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 17K | #1,786 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 7.1K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 5.2K | #3,279 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 210 | #1,006 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 120 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 52 | #1,786 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1988 | 6 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1988 | 3 | #337 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Derick a male or female name?
- Derick is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Derick mean, and where does it come from?
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Derek. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Derick?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈdɛɹɪk/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Derick?
- In the etymology graph, Derek, Derrick and Thierry are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Derick have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 507 thousand people named Derek in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Derick most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Derick is densest in Brazil — about 1 in 9.7 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Derick?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 21,855 people named Derick in 2022, about 1 in 9.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Derick compared with other names?
- In Uganda, Derick is the 12th most common given name of 2,133 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Derick?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/derickThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Derick” — the 12th most common given name in Uganda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.