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Derek vs Eric - What's the difference?

derek | eric |

As a noun derek

is .

As a proper noun eric is

, cognate to eric.

derek

English

Alternative forms

* Derick * Derrick * Deryck * Darek * Darrick * Darriq * Dereck * Deric * Derik * Deriq * Derreck * Derrek * Derrik * Derryck * Derryk * Deryk * Deryke

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1895 , The American Magazine , Crowell-Collier Pub. co.,1895. page 446:
    • "Do you think so? Her husband has an odd name - Derek Keppel. He is a musician - a violinist."
  • * 1974 , , Something happened , ISBN 0 224 01065 4, page 509:
    • 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 .
  • * 2010 , And the Land Lay Still , Hamish Hamilton, ISBN 9780241143568, page 292:
    • 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.

    Related terms

    * Dedrick * Del * Derk * Derry * Dirk * Jerrick * Terry

    References

    * Behind the Name Article * Think Baby Names Article

    eric

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.
  • * 1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess , Faber & Faber 1999, p. 18:
    • The court-poets of Wales [...] could demand an eric of ‘nine cows, and nine-score pence of money besides’.

    Related terms

    * eriach

    References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

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