Duncan (surname)

Duncan is a Scottish and Irish surname. For the etymology of the surname Duncan this web page cites: Dictionary of American Family Names. Another opinion is that the Gaelic Donnchadh is composed of the elements donn, meaning "brown"; and chadh, meaning "chief" or "noble".[1] In some cases when the surname originates in County Sligo, Ireland, it is an Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic name MacDonough or Mac Donnchadha and Ó Duinnchinn, meaning "descendant of Donncheann". The Gaelic Donncheann is a byname composed of the elements donn, meaning "brown-haired man" or "chieftain"; and ceann, meaning "head".[2] The surname Duncan is represented in Scottish Gaelic as MacDhonnchaidh. The surname also originated from the given name Duncan.

Armed forces

Adam Duncan, British admiral
Donald B. Duncan (1896–1975), American vice-admiral
Donald W. Duncan (b. 1930), American soldier and anti-war activist
Henry Duncan, British naval officer
Pippa Duncan, British naval officer
W. G. G. Duncan Smith, World War II air ace

Acting

Carmen Duncan (1942–2019), Australian actress
Lindsay Duncan (born 1950), British actress
Michael Clarke Duncan (1957–2012), American actor
Sandy Duncan (born 1946), American actress

Fiction

Karen Beecher-Duncan, supporting character (and sometime member) of the Teen Titans (DC Comics)
Lily Duncan, a fictional character from Mona the Vampire
Mal Duncan, supporting character (and sometime member) of the Teen Titans (DC Comics)
Tammy & Tommy Duncan, supporting characters from The Mighty Ducks.

Music

C Duncan, born Christopher Duncan, Scottish composer and musician whose debut album Architect was nominated for the 2015 Mercury Prize
Gary Duncan (1946–2019), American guitarist and singer
Johnny Duncan (country singer) (1938–2006), American singer
Lesley Duncan, English singer and songwriter
Molly Duncan (1945–2019), Scottish tenor saxophonist
Tim Duncan (singer), Southern Gospel singer
Trevor Duncan, English composer
Zélia Duncan, Brazilian singer and songwriter

Politics

Alan Duncan (born 1957), British politician
Arne Duncan (born 1964), U.S. Secretary of Education (2009–2015); politician
Charles William Duncan, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Energy
Jimmy Duncan, (born 1947), American politician; currently serving in the US House of Representatives as the representative from Tennessee's second House District
John Duncan Sr., (1919–1988), American politician, served in US House of Representatives, father of Jimmy Duncan
Ken Duncan (born 1945), former Louisiana state treasurer
Kirsty Duncan (born 1966), Canadian politician and Minister of Science
Leslie Samuel Duncan (1880–1952), newspaper editor and politician in South Australia
Mike Duncan, Former chairman of the Republican National Committee in the United States
Peter Duncan (Australian politician), Labor representative in South Australian and federal parliaments
Peter Duncan (British politician), Scottish conservative
Sir Walter Gordon Duncan (1885–1963) South Australian pastoralist and MLC
Walter Hughes Duncan (1848–1906) South Australian pastoralist and MHA for Burra
Walter Leslie Duncan (1883–1947) Australian Senator for New South Wales
William A. Duncan, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania

Sports

Alex Duncan (1900–1984), former Australian rules footballer with Carlton (1921–1924, 1926–1930)
Andy Duncan (basketball) (1922–2006), American basketball player
Bobby Duncan (born 1945), Scottish footballer
Cecil Duncan (1893–1979), Canadian ice hockey administrator
Chris Duncan (1981-2019), American baseball player
Dave Duncan (baseball) (born 1945), Major League Baseball player and pitching coach, father of Chris Duncan and Shelley Duncan
Darryl Duncan, Australian rugby league footballer
George Duncan (golfer) (1883–1964), Scottish golfer
Ian Duncan (born 1961), Kenyan rally driver
Jean Duncan, Scottish hockey umpire
Jeff Duncan (baseball) (born 1978), American baseball player and coach
John Duncan (footballer) (born 1949), Scottish footballer who notably played for Dundee and Tottenham Hotspur
Johnny Duncan (footballer) (1896–1966), Scottish international footballer and manager, who was most notably with Leicester City
Jon Duncan (born 1975), British orienteer
Jonathan Duncan (swimmer) (born 1982), New Zealand swimmer
Katie Duncan (born 1988), New Zealand association footballer
Ken Duncan (American football) (born 1946), American football player
Mariano Duncan (born 1963), Dominican baseball player
Ross Duncan (born 1944), Australian cricketer
Scott Duncan (footballer) (1888–1976), former Scottish football player and manager
Shelley Duncan, American baseball player
Tim Duncan (born 1976), American basketball player
Vern Duncan (1890–1954), American baseball player

Writers

Alasdair Duncan, Australian writer
Dave Duncan (writer) (1933–2018), Canadian writer
Glen Duncan (born 1965), British author
Jane Duncan (1910–1976), pseudonym of Scottish writer Elizabeth Jane Cameron
Lois Duncan (1934–2016), American writer of children's books
Mary Lundie Duncan (1814–1840), Scottish poet and hymnwriter

Other fields

Bruce Duncan, Anglican priest and founder of Sarum College
Carl Porter Duncan (1921–1999), professor of experimental psychology at Northwestern University, US
Dan Duncan (1933–2010), American businessman
David Duncan, government witness in the Enron scandal
David Douglas Duncan (1916–2018), American photojournalist
David F. Duncan, epidemiologist and drug policy adviser to former US president Bill Clinton
Donald F. Duncan, Sr., American entrepreneur and inventor, most commonly associated with Yo-yos
George Smith Duncan, a tramway and mining engineer
Graham Duncan (botanist), botanist at Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden, South Africa
Helen Duncan (1897–1956), Scottish medium
Henry Duncan (1774–1846), founder of the first Trustee Savings Bank
Iain Duncan Smith, British politician
Isadora Duncan, American dancer
Jane Duncan (architect) (born 1953), British architect
Jonathan Duncan (currency reformer) (1799–1865), British advocate of reforming the monetary system
Jonathan Duncan (Governor of Bombay) (1756–1811)
Joseph E. Duncan III, notorious American murderer and sexual predator
Kath Duncan (1888 or 1889 – 1954), Scottish communist activist
Ken Duncan (photographer) (born 1954), Australian photographer
Leslie Samuel Duncan (1880–1952), newspaper editor and politician in South Australia
Mike Duncan (podcaster), U.S. history podcaster and writer
Pearl Duncan, Australian retired teacher, anthropologist, academic and Aboriginal elder.
Robert Duncan (poet), U.S. beat poet
Scott Duncan (businessman), American billionaire
Stephen Duncan (1787–1867), American plantation owner in the Antebellum South
Stewart Duncan (philosopher), American philosopher
Thomas Eric Duncan (1972–2014), first Ebola victim of the 2014 West African outbreak to develop symptoms while in the US
Walter Duncan (1848–1932), British painter
Walter Jack Duncan (1881–1941), war artist for the US Army during World War I
Warren W. Duncan (1857–1938), American jurist
William Duncan (philosopher) (1717–1760), Scottish natural philosopher and classicist

References

Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Hardcastle, Kate (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of Names (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 81, 402. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
"Duncan Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 9 August 2009. For the etymology of the surname Duncan this web page cites: Dictionary of American Family Names.

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[Oxford-1] Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Hardcastle, Kate (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of Names (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 81, 402. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.

[Duncan-2] "Duncan Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 9 August 2009. For the etymology of the surname Duncan this web page cites: Dictionary of American Family Names.