Drew

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A male given name
• A male given name from Germanic languages
• A female given name
• (unincorporated) community Forsyth County (county) Georgia (state) USA (country), named after Drew E. Bennett.
• city Sunflower County (county) Mississippi (state), named after Miss Drew Daniel.
• (unincorporated) community Laclede County (county) Missouri (state), named after S. E. Drew.
• (unincorporated) community Douglas County (county) Oregon (state), probably named after Robert Drew.
• rural community Wellington County (county) Ontario (province) Canada (country), named after George Alexander Drew (Liberal-Conservative MP).

Origin

• 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, or from Proto-Germanic *draugaz.
• From Irish, adopted from the English surname above, and also reduced from an Druaidh, Ó Druaidh, Ó Draoi, "son of the Druid," from draoi.
• From any of the above