Given name
Derica
“a gifted ruler”·“the ruler of the tribe”
Derica is a feminine form of Derek. One English interpretation is “the ruler of the tribe.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In American use, Derica carries the interpretation “a gifted ruler.” Derica is a feminine form of Derek. One English interpretation is “the ruler of the tribe.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Derica is used as a feminine counterpart of Derek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Derica through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 658
- 0 boys · 658 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 32 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 558 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Derica’s family of names
Derica is a feminine form of Derek. Derica has a related form in Derrica. Derica has a related form in Derika.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Derikavariant
- Derricavariant
- Derickavariant
- Derekavariant
- Dericcalikely variant
- Deryckavariant
- Deryccavariant
- Derykavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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