Family name origins & meanings
- Polish and Ukrainian : nickname from duch ‘spirit’, ‘breath’.
- Czech : from a short form of the Old Czech personal name Duchoslav, composed of the elements duch ‘spirit’ + slav ‘glory’.
- Catalan : respelling of Duc, nickname or status name from duc ‘duke’ (see Duke).
- Dutch : variant of Duyck.
- East Asian : unexplained.