Darling vs Drake

Darling

name
  • An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname from darling. 

  • A census-designated place in Quitman County, Mississippi, United States. 

  • A small town in Western Cape province, South Africa. 

  • The Australian aboriginal language Baagandji, spoken along this river in New South Wales. 

  • A major river of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, named for Governor Ralph Darling. 

Drake

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

  • An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for Missouri statesman Charles D. Drake. 

  • Francis Drake (1540-1596), English sea captain, pirate, and explorer of the Elizabethan era. 

  • 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. 

  • A city in North Dakota; named for early settler Herman Drake. 

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

  • An unincorporated community in Arizona. 

  • An unincorporated community in Colorado. 

  • A male given name transferred from the surname. 

  • A town in New South Wales, Australia. 

  • An unincorporated community in Kentucky. 

  • An unincorporated community in Illinois. 

  • A village in Saskatchewan, Canada. 

  • An unincorporated community in South Carolina. 

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