Derek is a male name. It is the English language short form of Dederik, the Low German form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of  people-ruler .Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derick and Derrick, more rarely also Deryck or ' Derrok' .t is the English language short form of Dederik, the Low German form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of  people-ruler . Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derick and Derrick, more rarely also Deryck or ' Derrok' .
Miguel was born in 1753, the second child out of the eleven of an estate administrator by the name Don CristÃ³bal Hidalgo y Costilla. Together with his elder brother, they attended a school in their home which was operated by the Jesuits and decided to take up priesthood.
Share. Mexico's movement for independence from Spain was kicked off by an unlikely figure: Father Miguel Hidalgo, a parish priest and theologian well into his fifties. Hidalgo raised an army and took it to the very gates of Mexico City, but was eventually betrayed, captured and executed by Royalist forces.