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Drew

What does Drew mean?

Drew Pronunciation of Drew as a boys' name (also used less commonly as girls' name Drew) is pronounced droo. It is of Welsh origin, and the meaning of Drew is "wise". Short form of Andrew. Used as an independent name since the 1960s. Dru is a French form. Football player Drew Bledsoe. Also form of Drury.

ASSOCIATED WITH wise

Variations

VARIANTS Dru, Drue

RELATIONS VIA ANDREW Adem, Drud, Drugi

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Drew Keelan (D.K.), ..

How popular is Drew?

Drew is a very popular first name for men (#431 out of 1220, Top 35%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#1451 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Drew reached its highest rank of #160 in the U.S. in the year 1995, and is at #461 presently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Drew name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Drew outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Andrew (#43 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Dru and Drury are the popular alternative forms of Drew (#461). Other forms, like Adem, are uncommon. Usage of these forms of Drew reached its highest 3 decades ago (USAGE OF 1.7%) and is now much lower (USAGE 0.4%, 74.8%), with forms like Andrew becoming somewhat outmoded.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Drew, Andrew, Dru, Drury in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Andrew outside U.S.

Similar Names

Drew is pronounced similarly to Dray and Dre. Other recommended sound-alike names are Carew, Crew, Daeg, Dael, Darek, Darel, Daren, Daw, De-, Dee, Deen, Del, Den, Derek, Des, Dev, Dewi, Dex, Dore, Dow, Drewry, Dyer, Hew, Lew and Loew. These names tend to be less commonly used than Drew.

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