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The first name 
Duke

Duke is a male first name.

Duke is a common name for boys!

The name Duke isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Duke ranks 586. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 2 were named Duke. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Duke.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Duke

What does the name 
Duke mean?

The name Duke derived from the noble title ‘duke’, which has its origins in the Latin word ‘dux’ meaning ‘leader’.

Duke has long been... known in the US, but had its most popular phase in the 2010s.

Duke has 4 letters 
and begins with a D

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter D is a quite popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 8.5% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters J and A are more common for boys' names.

With four letters, the name Duke is shorter than most other given names. In fact, only 5.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly four letters. Just 1.2% of all first names are even shorter, while 93% consist of more than four letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Therefore: As 8.5% of all boys' names start with a D, this initial letter occurs nearly 2.5-times as often as all 26 letters on average – and the most common one of all the boys’ names starting with D is David.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Duke

If your name is Duke and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Duke

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Duke, you can simply say:

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This is how the name Duke is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Duke in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Duke

Duke

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Duke

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Duke is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

D
U
K
E

Have you ever waved the name Duke

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

D
U
K
E

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Duke sounds like this: