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Dre

What does Dre mean?

Dre Pronunciation of Dre as a name for boys. The name Dre means "man, warrior". Dre is a version of Andre (French, Greek): André is a variation of Andrew.

ASSOCIATED WITH warrior

Variations

VARIANT Dray

RELATED FORMS VIA ANDRE Ondre, Ries

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dre Kenan (D.K.), ..

How popular is Dre?

Dre is an unusual first name for men. Dre is also an uncommon surname for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Dre entered the list in 1993 and reached its highest rank of #1639 in the U.S. then, but is not in the list at the moment. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

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

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

Which version is better?

The only other prominent related form of Dre is Andre (#274 THE PREVIOUS YEAR). Other forms, like Dray, are uncommon. These forms of Dre were favored as baby names in the 1970s (AVERAGE #1066) and are somewhat less widespread today (#1137, 44.6% LESS USAGE).



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dre, Andre in U.S.

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

Similar Names

Dre is alike in pronunciation to Drew, Dru and Drue. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Dee, Dore and Tre. These names tend to be more commonly used than Dre.

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