Duc
A boys’ name of Vietnamese origin, meaning virtue or moral character.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Duc by the numbers
Duc was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 24 babies in 1982, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Duc. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Duc
Names that are said the same way as Duc, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Dukeduke, leader of a region520 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean purity
Like Duc, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Justicejustice; fairness; virtue name1,100 in the US (2017)
- Zakaipure; remembers god182 in the US (2017)
- Salehrighteous, good, virtuous34 in England and Wales (2025)
- Wisdomwisdom; virtue name71 in the US (2017)
- Tahirpure; clean; chaste9 in England and Wales (2025)