Given name
Derryck
“the ruler of the tribe”
Derryck is a variant of Derek. One English interpretation is “the ruler of the tribe.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Derryck is a variant of Derek. One English interpretation is “the ruler of the tribe.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Derryck is a variant of Derek. An origin associated with Derek is Low German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Derryck through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 219
- 219 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 12 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 boys is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 241 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.
Derryck’s family of names
Derryck has a related form in Derek.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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