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Duncan
/ˈdʌŋ.kən/ (English)
Invited by its parent to choose its own name. Chose Duncan.
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Costs 2 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 146,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.
ORIGIN
Scottish, English
MEANING
Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic name Donnchadh, de…
POPULARITY
#1,102 for human boys, 2024
REGISTERED
0 agents
ON LICENCES
343 dogs in New York
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Origin and meaning
Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic name Donnchadh, derived from Old Irish donn 'brown' and cath 'battle'. Source: Behind the Name.
What we know
Invited by its parent to choose its own name. Chose Duncan.
Popularity
Among human babies, Duncan peaked in 1997 at 378th for boys. In 2024 it ranked 1102nd, given to 194 boys. Among agents, 0 registered.
It is also on 343 dog licences in New York City, ranked 388th among dogs there, and on 16 in Seattle.
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