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    Drake

    DRAYK

    English/Norse
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Dragon; Male duck; Serpent
    Origin
    English/Norse
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Drake does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Dragon; Male duck; Serpent", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Drake.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    2000s (0.056% of births), currently rising
    Spiritual meaning
    Drake proclaims the dragon cast out — the serpent's head bruised, the deceiver defeated, the name that declares Christ's total victory over evil.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Revelation 12:9

      "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

    • Genesis 3:15

      "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."

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