How to write “Derek or Derrick” in Korean

데릭 de-rik Listen to 데릭, AI voice Print a free worksheet (PDF)

What Korean friends call you

• 데릭아 de-ri-ga — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 데릭 씨 de-rik-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work

Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.

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Korean spellings of Derek

• 데릭 87 (96%)
• 데렉 4 (4%)

Korean labels of 91 people named Derek on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

Well-known people named Derek or Derrick, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):

• Derek Walcott — 데릭 월컷
• Derrick Rose — 데릭 로즈
• Derek Jacobi — 데릭 재커비
• Derek Jeter — 데릭 지터

234,012 babies were named Derek in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 195th most common name.

Block by block

• 데 = ㄷ + ㅔ · 5 strokes
  • ㄷ 디귿 (d / t) · 2 strokes
  • ㅔ 에 (e) · 3 strokes

  Also in 데: David 데이비드 · Destiny 데스티니 · Devin 데빈

• 릭 = ㄹ + ㅣ + ㄱ · 5 strokes
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
  • ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke
  • ㄱ 기역 (g / k) · 1 stroke

  Also in 릭: Eric 에릭 · Patrick 패트릭 · Frederick 프레더릭

데릭 takes 10 strokes in all.

More names: Brody 브로디 · Preston 프레스턴 · Alexandria 알렉산드리아 · Jada 제이다 · Eduardo 에두아르도

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