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Doc - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Doc

[ 1 syll. doc, do-c ] The boy name Doc is pronounced DAAK KEY. Doc's language of origin is English and it is also predominantly used in English. Doc's meaning is 'wise person'.

Doc is an unusual baby name for boys. In 1900, 0.011% of baby boys were named Doc. It ranked at #587 then. The baby name has since steeply dropped in popularity, and is used only on a very modest scale now. Among all boy names in its group, Doc was nevertheless the most widely used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Doc include the English Dace, the name Dack, the Scandinavian Dag, the Japanese Daichi, the English Dax, the English and Irish Dec, the English Deck, the English Dek, the English Deke, the English Deus, the English Dex, the Romanian Dic, the English Dick, the German Dietz, the Igbo Dike, the Scottish and English Doug, the Vietnamese Duc, the Scottish Dug, the English and Irish Duke, and the English Dutch.

Details of famous persons named Doc:
Guitarist Doc Watson, born Arthel Lane Watson, 2 March 1923, Deep Gap, North Carolina.
Trumpeter Doc Severinsen, born Carl H. Severinsen, 7 July 1927, Arlington, Oregon.

KEY: Pronunciation for Doc: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"


 
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