Duncan Name Meaning

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Duncan Name Meaning

Scottish, EnglishAnglicized form of the Gaelic name Donnchadh, derived from Gaelic donn "brown" and cath "battle". This was the name of two kings of Scotland, including the one who was featured in Shakespeare's play...

Origin: ScottishGender: Boy
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1 Diodotos
2 Dicun
3 Deemer
4 Deon
5 Dean
6 Diede
7 Dillon
8 Donnie
9 Donar
10 Datu
11 Dazhdbog
12 Domitian
13 Dae-jung
14 Darragh
15 Deandre
16 Detlef
17 Derick
18 Damodara
19 Domingos
20 Dacre
21 Dionisie
22 Diodotus
23 Dolph
24 Devri̇m
25 Dunya
26 Donato
27 Danyal
28 Damir
29 Dinh
30 Delano
31 Deòrsa
32 Dieuwer
33 Dederick
34 Dillan
35 Daryl
36 Dionísio
37 Diogenes
38 Diederik
39 Dmitrei
40 Daly
41 Dardan
42 Dermid
43 Domenic
44 Darnell
45 Damocles
46 Daniyyel
47 Dinis
48 Davorin
49 Dennis
50 Dezső
51 Diniz
52 Dilipa
53 Dawid
54 Dileep
55 Diocles
56 Dardanos
57 Dalibor
58 Dilshad
59 Derryl
60 Dmitry
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