Duke

Where Duke comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Duke.

  • English
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Duke through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys, with 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1890
    Duke Kahanamoku born
    American swimmer, surfer and actor
  3. 1913
    Duke Nalon born
    racecar driver
  4. 2018
    Peak, #533
    529 babies named Duke, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from English; mostly US and rather rare.
Namesakes
  • Duke Kahanamoku · American swimmer, surfer and actor, 1890–1968
  • Duke Nalon · racecar driver, 1913–2001
  • Duke Lacroix · Haitian-American soccer player, born 1993
  • Duke Pearson · American jazz pianist, 1932–1980
  • Duke R. Lee · actor, 1881–1959

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.