Derek vs Daniel - What's the difference?
derek | daniel |
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* 1895 , The American Magazine , Crowell-Collier Pub. co.,1895. page 446:
* 1974 , , Something happened , ISBN 0 224 01065 4, page 509:
* 2010 , And the Land Lay Still , Hamish Hamilton, ISBN 9780241143568, page 292:
A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
* : Daniel 6: 16 :
* ~1594 William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice: Act IV, Scene I :
in regular use since the Middle Ages.
* 1989 , A Prayer for Owen Meany , Corgi Books, ISBN 0552135399, page 55:
(rare) .
A location in the state of Wyoming in the United States (Zip Code: 83115). (From the U.S. Census Bureau 1990)
As proper nouns the difference between derek and daniel
is that derek is a given name derived from Germanic while Daniel is a book in the Old Testament of the Bible.As a noun daniel is
the buttocks.derek
English
Alternative forms
* Derick * Derrick * Deryck * Darek * Darrick * Darriq * Dereck * Deric * Derik * Deriq * Derreck * Derrek * Derrik * Derryck * Derryk * Deryk * DerykeProper noun
(en proper noun)- "Do you think so? Her husband has an odd name - Derek Keppel. He is a musician - a violinist."
- We do not entertain as much anymore because of Derek'. (He produces strain. We have to pretend he doesn't.) I used to like him when I still thought he was normal. I was fond of him. I used to call him Dirk, and Kiddo, Steamshovel, Dinky Boy, and Dicky Dare. Till I found out what he was. Now it's always formal: ' Derek .
- Frederick or Derek Boothby was in his late fifties, the son of a naval officer and a daughter of the Earl of Limerick.
Usage notes
* Popular in the UK in mid-twentieth century.References
Behind the Name Article*
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daniel
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel', and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto ' Daniel , Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
- A Daniel' come to judgment! yea, a ' Daniel ! / O wise young judge, how do I honour thee!
- "His name is Daniel' Needham," my mother said. Whew! With what relief - down came my grandmother's hands! Needham was a fine old name, a founding fathers sort of name, a name you could trace back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony - if not exactly Gravesend itself. And '''Daniel''' was as '''Daniel''' as ' Daniel Webster, which was as good a name as a Wheelwright could wish for.
- "But he's called Dan," my mother added, bringing a slight frown to my grandmother's countenance.