First names in Hebrew

First name Derek: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

דרק

Gematria value: 304

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Derek is written דרק

Meaning and origin

What does Derek mean?

Meaning: "ruler of the people"
Origin: Germanic

Derek comes from the Dutch form of the Germanic Theodoric, made of theud, "people", and ric, "ruler": "ruler of the people". It was popular in Britain and America from the 1960s to the 1980s. Derrick is a common spelling.

Gematria

Derek = 304

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. דרק has 3 letters:

• דthe letter Dalet4
• רthe letter Resh200
• קthe letter Kuf100
• Total304

The verse of the name

From the letter Dalet to the letter Kuf

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. No verse without a divine Name runs exactly from ד to ק: we then take the closest letter by sound, here from ד to כ.

דָּבְקָה נַפְשִׁי אַחֲרֶיךָ בִּי תָּמְכָה יְמִינֶךָ׃

“My soul clings to You; Your right hand holds me up.”

Psalms 63:9

The book of your first name

Derek, in nine pages

• Derek, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Derek
• Derek, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Derek in three answers

How do you write Derek in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Derek is written דרק.

What is the gematria value of Derek?
Written דרק, Derek is worth 304: the letter Dalet (4) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Kuf (100).

What does Derek mean?
Ruler of the people (origin: Germanic). Derek comes from the Dutch form of the Germanic Theodoric, made of theud, "people", and ric, "ruler": "ruler of the people". It was popular in Britain and America from the 1960s to the 1980s. Derrick is a common spelling.