The name Dracula means 'son of Dracul' in Romanian, where Dracul is derived from the Romanian word 'drac', meaning 'dragon'. Historically, it was a nickname for Vlad III, the 15th-century Wallachian prince known as the Impaler, whose father was Vlad II Dracul. The name gained widespread recognition through Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel 'Dracula', which features the Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula. The character was likely inspired in part by the historical figure Vlad the Impaler, t...