Meaning and background
The story behind Drakes
Drakes is a real English surname, often a form of Drake with an added s. The Dictionary of American Family Names also records a distinct habitational source from Drax in Yorkshire, and potentially anglicised foreign forms. Because the singular Drake itself has more than one historical sense, no unique translation survives across all these branches. The spelling makes a crisp single-syllable dog name, but its ancestral route cannot be inferred.
- Origin
- English surname variant of Drake; also from Drax in Yorkshire in some families Source
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About Drakes
Recorded as a dog’s name
Drakes appears in 2 dog licence records in the 2023 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/dɹeɪks/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/dɹeɪks/ · primary stress on syllable 1D R EY1 K S
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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