Drake

See also: drake

English

Etymology

Originally a nickname from Old English Draca (“snake, dragon”) or Middle English drake (“male duck”). See drake.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɹeɪk/
  • Rhymes: -eɪk

Proper noun

Drake

  1. A surname​, notably of Francis Drake (1540-1596).
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • 2004 Torey Hayden, Twilight Children, HarperCollins UK (2013), →ISBN, Chapter 4:
      Drake was not at all what I'd anticipated. His macho soap opera name had put me in mind of aristocrats or oversexed mallards.
  3. A city/town in North Dakota.

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