Given name
Deryk
“the ruler of the tribe”
Deryk is a variant of Derek. One English interpretation is “the ruler of the tribe.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Deryk is a variant of Derek. One English interpretation is “the ruler of the tribe.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Deryk 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 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Deryk through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 759
- 759 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 34 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 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 34 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 711 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.
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.
People named Deryk
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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