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See Derekh (disambiguation) for the unrelated Hebrew term for way path. For the lifting device see derrick.Derek is a male name. It is the English language short form of Dederik the Low German form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of people-ruler.Common variants of the name are Derrek Derick and Derrick more rarely also Deryck or ‘Derrok’.