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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : nickname from a diminutive of Middle English douke, duk(ke) ‘duck’ (Old English dūce).
  • English : nickname from Middle English douke, duk(ke) ‘duck’ + heved ‘head’.
  • English : nickname from Old French ducquet ‘owl’, a diminutive of duc ‘guide’, ‘leader’ (see Duke 1).
  • English : from a Middle English diminutive of the Old English personal name or byname Ducca.
  • English : from a Middle English pet form of the personal name Duke.

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