Drake is a masculine given name of English origin meaning "Dragon" or "Snake".

Notable people with the given name "Drake" include

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* Aubrey Drake Graham (born 1986), Canadian musician

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Drake Batherson Drake Batherson (born April 27, 1998) is an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. He was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the fourth round, 121st overa ...

(born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player *

Drake Bell Jared Drake Bell (born June 27, 1986) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and musician. Born in Newport Beach, California, he began his career as an actor in the early 1990s at the age of five with his first televised appearance on ''Hom ...

(born 1986), American actor and musician *

Drake Berehowsky Drake Berehowsky (born January 3, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He is best known for his time in the National Hockey League (NHL), where he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oiler ...

(born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player *

Drake Britton John Drake Britton (born May 22, 1989) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He has played for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Early life Britton was born in Waco, Texas. He attended Tomball High School. In 2006, ...

(born 1989), American baseball player * Drake Burnette (born 1985), American actress

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Drake Caggiula Drake Caggiula (; born June 20, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left wing currently playing for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Ho ...

(born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player * Drake Callender (born 1998), American soccer player

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Drake Diener Drake Richard Diener (born December 19, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played college basketball at DePaul University. College career Diener joined the DePaul Blue Demons in 2001, where he was nominated b ...

(born 1981), American basketball player *

Drake Doremus Drake Doremus (born March 29, 1983) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer best known for directing the films ''Like Crazy'' (2011), which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, '' Douchebag'' (2010) which ...

(born 1983), American film director *

Drake Dunsmore Drake C. Dunsmore (born November 4, 1988) is a former American football tight end. Dunsmore attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School. During college, he played for Northwestern. At Northwestern, he was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten Perform ...

(born 1988), American football player

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* Drake Edens (1925–1982), American politician

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Drake Garrett Drake Garrett (born March 19, 1946) is a former American football defensive back. He played for the Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football ...

(born 1946), American football player

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* Drake Hogestyn (born 1953), American actor

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* Drake Jackson (born 2001), American football player * Drake Jensen (born 1970), Canadian musician

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* Drake Levin (1946–2009), American musician *

Drake London Drake London (born July 24, 2001) is an American football wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC and was selected eighth overall by the Falcons in the 2022 NFL Draft. Earl ...

(born 2001), American football player *

Drake Lubega Francis Drake Lubega, commonly known as Drake Lubega, is a Ugandan businessman. According to a 2012 report, he was one of the wealthiest people in Uganda. Businesses and investments His investment vehicle is called Jesco Industries Limited (JIL ...

, Ugandan businessman

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Drake Maye Drake Maye (born August 30, 2002) is an American football quarterback for the North Carolina Tar Heels. High school career Maye was born on August 30, 2002, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended and played high school football for Myers P ...

(born 2003), American football player *

Drake Maverick James Michael Curtin (born 30 January 1983) is an English former professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE as a writer on Raw. During his time as an on screen performer in the company, he worked under the ring name Drake Maverick. ...

(born 1983), English professional wrestler *

Drake McElroy Drake McElroy is an X Games competitor from United States who has competed in the Championship since 1993, winning the AMA Pro Grand National Championship in 2000. Bronze Medal Winner in MotoX Freestyle at X Games VIII, held in Philadelphia, Penns ...

(born 1969), American athlete * Drake Milligan, American actor

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Drake Nevis Drake M. Nevis (born May 8, 1989) is a professional Canadian football defensive tackle for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He won the 107th Grey Cup with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2019. Nevis was selected in the th ...

(born 1989), American football player

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Drake Olson Drake Olson (born April 5, 1955) is an American former racing driver from Bridgewater, Connecticut. Olson made one CART World Series start in 1983 at Road America. In 1984 he drove in three Can-Am races, an IMSA GT Championship race and two Wo ...

(born 1955), American racing driver

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Drake Rymsha Drake Rymsha (born August 6, 1998) is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with HKM Zvolen of the Slovak Extraliga (Slovak). He has played for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing ca ...

(born 1998), American ice hockey player

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Drake Sather Drake Sather (May 24, 1959 – March 3, 2004) was an American stand-up comedian, an Emmy nominated television writer, and a producer, actor, and director. His credits include the film ''Zoolander'' (2001), and the TV series '' Dennis Miller Sh ...

(1959–2004), American comedian

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Drake Thadzi Drake Thadzi (born November 23, 1964, in Lilongwe) is a Malawian former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1998, twice challenging for a light heavyweight world title in 1995 and 1998. As am amateur, he competed at the 1984 Summer Olym ...

(born 1964), Malawian boxer

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* Drake U'u (born 1990), American-Australian basketball player

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* Drake White (born 1983), American singer *

Drake Wuertz Drake Wuertz (born September 10, 1984) is an American professional wrestling referee and professional wrestler. He was a referee in WWE from 2014 to 2021. Before that, he wrestled for a number of major independent promotions under the ring name ...

(born 1984), American professional wrestler

Fictional characters

* Drake Maijstral, a character in novels written by

Walter Jon Williams Walter Jon Williams (born October 28, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Previously he wrote nautical adventure fiction under the name Jon Williams, in particular, ''Privateers and Gentlemen'' (1981–1984), a series of hi ...

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