What Does The Name Duncan Mean?

The word Duncan is used mostly in the English and Scottish languages and the meaning it conveys is that of a dark warrior. Though the term dark warrior is used as its meaning, the etymological meaning that can be figured out from the word is brown warrior. It is an anglicized form of the name Donnchadh which is of Gaelic origin. 'Donn' is a word that conveys the idea of brown and the word 'cath' is used for a warrior.

There are some famous personalities who were the bearers of this name and you can attribute the name to the two kings of Scotland.

The name is very popular both as a first name and as a surname and you can find several people who are of English or Scottish descent that are the bearers of this name or surname.

I like dark warrior better than brown warrior. Brown warrior always got me teased....they'd say, oh yeah, duncan (my surname), your ancestors were butt pirates huh? So I started saying Bronze skinned warrior, but dark warrior sounds cooler!

The word Duncan is a male given name and the meaning it conveys is that of a brown warrior. Duncan is an anglicised form of a Gaelic word Donnchadh and the first part of the word conveys the meaning 'brown and the second one conveys 'warrior'. Both the names were of two kings from Scotland and after whom the name has been given.
You can find several notable figures on earth that have the word Duncan as their first names or surnames. Trevor Duncan was on of the famous names with this surname.

There are several places also that are known to the world with the name of Duncan and most of them are in the country of the United States of America. You can find Duncan in the US states of Arizona, Iowa, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas.

A dark night with strength

Sounds like Duncan, is a kick ass name.. During slavery in the US, a few masters had this name and it was pasted on to their slaves. So Duncan meaning dark or brown warrior goes well with the descendants of slaves.