DRAKE  

Gender: M
Origin: English
Meaning: "male duck"

Popularity in 2008: #230

A simple if somewhat soap opera-ish name that's on the way up, despite references to dragons and ducks.

Drake is being discussed in our message boards:

• why is it so hard!?!?!
• Literary names for Boys and Girls - Shakespeare + E.A. Poe?
• Zoe is NOT that popular!!!
• a sibling for River
• Do these names work together?

Read Nameberry blog posts about Drake:

• OLYMPIC NAMES: Gold Medal Choices
• BABY NAMES FROM BOOKS: 20 Lost Literary Girls' Names
• NEW SURNAME NAMES FOR BOYS
• BABY NAME TRENDS: Heading Up