Drake

drake English Etymology As an English surname, from both senses of the noun en drake meaning "male duck" and "dragon." As a en de - surname, from en nds drake dragon, related to the above. As a en nl - surname, Americanized/en vls - variant of en Draak, also related to the above. Pronunciation en /dɹeɪk/ en eɪk 1 Proper noun en English nicknames, originally a byname from en ang draca or en non draki, both meaning “dragon”. Francis Drake (1540-1596), English sea captain, pirate, and explorer of the Elizabethan era. en Irish, anglicized from ga Drach, itself a Hiberno-Norman name en Drake. en male surnames. en 2004 w:Torey Hayden Twilight Children 4 HarperCollins UK 2013 0007370865 Drake was not at all what I'd anticipated. His macho soap opera name had put me in mind of aristocrats or oversexed mallards. en locality in the carea/Tenterfield north eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia. en village p/Saskatchewan c/Canada. en ward city/Plymouth county/Devon cc/England ; named for aqueduct Drake's Leat, itself for Francis Drake, Mayor of Plymouth at the time of its construction. en locale c/US. en city s/North Dakota ; named for early settler Herman Drake. en unincorporated community co/Yavapai County s/Arizona. en unincorporated community s/Colorado. en unincorporated community s/Illinois. en unincorporated community s/Kentucky. en unincorporated community s/Missouri ; named for Missouri statesman Charles D. Drake. en unincorporated community s/South Carolina. Derived terms en Drake Village Drakes Island Drizzy Sir Francis Drake Channel Anagrams en adekr Daker Darke E.D. Ark. Kader Radke daker darke raked en Individuals