Dre

Where Dre comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Dre.

  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Dre through the years
  1. 1989
    First appearance
    #6,941 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1993
    Peak, #1,601
    56 babies named Dre, the most in any year.
  3. 1994
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,847.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Andre.
Namesakes

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