Same Name?!--Derek

Derek has had an interesting journey. A staple 80s boy-name, it's got a surprising amount of history--and undergone some interesting changes over the centuries.

Original Germanic (Gothic) form: Thiudareiks
Latinized form: Theodoric (thee-oh-DOH-rik)
Modern English form: Derek (DEH-rek)

Other forms:

• Dederick (DED-er-ik)--archaic English
• Diederick (DEE-der-ik)--Dutch
• Dietrich (DEET-rik)--German
• Dirk (DEERK or DERK)--German, English
• Thierry (tye-REE)--French
• Tjodrek (TYOH-drek)--Norwegian
• Tudor (TOO-dor)--Welsh