as a boys’ name is pronounced dook. … Title used as a nickname or given name. Duke is also a short form of Marmaduke. Duke has Western associations because it was the nickname of actor John Wayne, known for his roles in films of the American West.

Dukes is a patronymic form of the surname Duke that originated in medieval England, of Anglo-Norman origin. … Dukes.

Believe it or not, Duke is a name that’s been used sporadically in America since the late 19th century. … Still, this is a name that has never been very common (only 154 boys were named Duke in 2012).

Duke Born Marion Robert Morrison, John Wayne was called Duke as a boy because that was the name of his family’s dog. The nickname stuck throughout his career. Follow @JolieLeeDC on Twitter.

Deke originated as a shortened form of decoy. Ernest Hemingway used deke as a noun referring to hunting decoys in his 1950 novel Across the River and into the Trees (I offered to put the dekes out with him). … Today, deke has scored in many other sports, including baseball, basketball, and football.

(Entry 1 of 3) 1 : a sovereign male ruler of a continental European duchy. 2 : a nobleman of the highest hereditary rank especially : a member of the highest grade of the British peerage. 3 [probably from dukes of York, rhyming slang for fork (hand, fist)] slang : fist, hand usually used in plural. duke.

leader English and Irish: from Middle English duk(e) ‘duke’ (from Old French duc, from Latin dux, genitive ducis ‘leader’), applied as an occupational name for someone who worked in the household of a duke, or as a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces.

In most countries, the word duchess is the female equivalent.

Dukes in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

Duke, Honour, Prince, Lady and Chief are certainly better than the aforementioned Hippo. (Again, this is a real name that a person has to live with until they inevitably change it by deed poll.) The reason for most of these bans is simple: they resemble official ranks or titles recognised in Australia.

100 Strong Baby Boy Names and Their Meaning

• Abelardo. Abelardo means noble and strong. …
• Abiri. A name of Hebrew origin, Abiri means my strength, my hero. …
• Absko. Absko is a masculine boy name of Kenyan origin. …
• Adir. Abir is a Hebrew name which means strong, courageous, mighty. …
• Aimilios. …
• Alcibiades. …
• Aldric. …
• Alexander.

The name Duke is primarily a male name of English origin that means Title Of Nobility.

Clinton Eastwood, Jr. Clint Eastwood / Full name Clint Eastwood, in full Clinton Eastwood, Jr., (born May 31, 1930, San Francisco, California, U.S.), American motion-picture actor who emerged as one of the most popular Hollywood stars in the 1960s and went on to become a prolific and respected director-producer.

Marion Robert Morrison John Wayne / Full name John Wayne, an actor who came to epitomize the American West, is born in Winterset, Iowa. Born Marion Robert Morrison, Wayne’s family moved to Glendale, California, when he was six years old.

A local fireman at the station on his route to school in Glendale started calling him Little Duke because he never went anywhere without his huge Airedale Terrier, Duke. He preferred Duke to Marion, and the nickname stuck.

Last name: Deek This unusual name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a topographical surname denoting residence by a ditch or dike, derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century dic, dike, ditch. … The name is generally associated with East Anglia, and the Severn Valley, but is now found widely throughout Britain.

as a boys’ name is a Greek and Old German name, and the name Deke means dusty one; servant; messenger; people’s ruler. Deke is an alternate form of Deacon (Greek).

German: from the Germanic personal name Tederich (Theudoricus), composed of the elements theud ‘people’, ‘race’ + ric ‘power(ful)’, ‘rich’. This surname is common throughout central and eastern Europe, particularly in the western Slavic countries.

titulo ng duke noun. duke title, duchy, dukedom. Similar Words. mahal na tao noun. dear man, nobleman.

The opposite gender of Duke is Duchess and they can either be a monarch ruling over a duchy or a member of royalty or nobility.

Whereas (generally) the title of Prince requires royal blood, the title of Duke does not. While dukedoms can be inherited directly from a parent, they can also be bestowed by the reigning king or queen. Most British princes are given the title of Duke at the time of his marriage.

More Unique Baby Boy Names and Meanings

• Adryan. This creative name comes from the Roman name Hadrianus, meaning from Hadria in Latin. …
• Brennon. …
• Cree. …
• Dewei. …
• Keanu. …
• Kalen. …
• Kapono. …
• Rehan.

A duchess is a female member of a royal or noble family. If a woman marries a duke, she becomes a duchess. … In other cases, a woman marries into a noble family and finds herself with the title. The word duchess comes from the feminine form of the Latin dux, leader or commander.

The business of buying a royal title First things first: You can’t simply buy your way into the British peerage. True royal titles are either inherited or granted by the Queen. This includes titles like duke, viscount, earl, and baron (and their female equivalents). Selling these titles is actually against the law.

Duke is the opposite gender of duchess.

Royal dukedoms Duke of Lancaster, held by Elizabeth II. Duke of Cornwall (England), Duke of Rothesay (Scotland) and Duke of Edinburgh (United Kingdom), held by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. Duke of Cambridge held by Prince William. Duke of Sussex held by Prince Harry.

Lady Married daughters The daughter of a duke, marquess, or earl who marries an untitled man becomes Lady [Given name] [Husband’s surname].

At present there are 24 dukes (not including royal dukes). The premier duke and earl of England is the Duke of Norfolk.