Baby name
RISING
🇩🇪 🇺🇸 Drake
/DRAYK/
Meaning
“Dragon, or a surname for a male duck”
From the Old English draca or Old Norse draki meaning dragon, or a surname for a male duck. Rocketed as a given name in the 2010s in the US partly through the rapper Drake.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Trendy with real risk of dating; the rapper association will define it for the 2010s generation.
The cultural moment.
Rising sharply in the US from the 2010s onward, driven by pop culture influence.