Drake — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a byname from Old English draca or Old Norse draki, both meaning “dragon”.

2. An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a byname from Old English draca or Old Norse draki, both meaning “dragon”. Francis Drake (1540-1596), English sea captain, pirate, and explorer of the Elizabethan era.

3. An Irish surname, anglicized from Drach, itself a Hiberno-Norman name English Drake.

4. A male given name transferred from the surname.

   Examples

   Drake was not at all what I'd anticipated. His macho soap opera name had put me in mind of aristocrats or oversexed mallards.

5. A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

6. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

7. A ward of Plymouth, Devon, England; named for aqueduct Drake's Leat, itself for Francis Drake, Mayor of Plymouth at the time of its construction.

8. A locale in the United States. A city in North Dakota; named for early settler Herman Drake.

9. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Yavapai County, Arizona.

10. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Colorado.

11. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Illinois.

12. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.

13. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for Missouri statesman Charles D. Drake.

14. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in South Carolina.