the name duke means "loving and kind"
Herzog is my family name and I have been told that it is German for "Duke." It is thought that we descended from a Duke, or descended from peasants on his land that adopted the name.
Samantha is a girl's name of Aramaic origin, meaning "listner". Duke is an androgynous (mostly towards boys, though) name of English origin, meaning "duke", or a high-powered figure.
Duke doesn't really have an opposite. If you mean the wife of a duke, that is a duchess.
Spike Duke's birth name is Simon Duke.
Duke Upshaw's birth name is Duke Calanthe Upshaw.
Daryl Duke's birth name is Daryl James Duke.
Geoffrey Duke's birth name is Geoffrey Ernest Duke.
Shaun Duke's birth name is Shaun Duke Moosekian.
Stan Duke's birth name is Clarence Stanton Duke.
Brandon Duke's birth name is James Brandon Duke.
Duke Stroud's birth name is Duke Summer Stroud.
Patty Duke's birth name is Anna Marie Duke.