Drew

Where Drew comes from

From Anglo-Norman Drew, Drieu, Drue, from Old French Drogon, Dreus, Drues (made popular by Charlemagne's son Drogo) from Old Dutch Drogo, of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *dragan (“to carry, pull”), or from Proto-Germanic *draugaz (“phantom, apparition”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Drew
  • Germanic
  • 1 syllable
Drew through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys, with 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1985
    Peak, #126
    2,276 babies named Drew, the most in any year.
  3. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #323.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Andrew.
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
  • A female given name.
  • A city in Sunflower County, Mississippi, named after Miss Drew Daniel.
  • An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, named after S. E. Drew.
  • A rural community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada, named after George Alexander Drew (Liberal-Conservative MP).
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Drew in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.