Dedrick
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 28 babies a year in the US.
Dedrick by the numbers
Dedrick was given to 28 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 147 babies in 1977, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Dedrick
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dedrick. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Derrickruler of the people; a form of Derek694 in the US (2017)
- Derickruler of the people; a form of Derek166 in the US (2017)
- Dedrica form of Dedrick, ruler of the people12 in the US (2017)
- Detrickruler of the people; a form of dietrich9 in the US (2017)
- Dereckruler of the people; variant spelling of Derek145 in the US (2017)
- Derikgifted ruler; variant of Derek25 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Dedrick
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