Family name origins & meanings
- English : nickname from a diminutive of Middle English douke, duk(ke) ‘duck’ (Old English dūce).
- English : nickname from Middle English douke, duk(ke) ‘duck’ + heved ‘head’.
- English : nickname from Old French ducquet ‘owl’, a diminutive of duc ‘guide’, ‘leader’ (see Duke 1).
- English : from a Middle English diminutive of the Old English personal name or byname Ducca.
- English : from a Middle English pet form of the personal name Duke.