as a First Name
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Donnchadh, also used among people without Scottish connections. This was the name of a 7th-century Scottish saint (abbot of Iona) and two medieval kings of Scotland. The final ‐n in the Anglicized form seems to be the result of confusion with the Gaelic word ceann ‘head’ in the Latinized form Duncanus. Compare Irish Donagh.
| 1,756th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 11,003
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 12,310
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Duncan per capita
- 1997
- marked the height of its popularity
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