Drew Forename
10,571st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 96,028 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia
Drew Forename Definition:
M. Brought to England by a follower of William the Conqueror, this name (Dru) seems to have been derived from a Teutonic word meaning ‘skilful’. (Swan.)
Read More About This ForenameDrew Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 94% | 74,541 | 1:4,864 | 702 |
| Canada | 100% | 7,894 | 1:4,197 | 686 |
| Australia | - | 5,009 | 1:2,727 | 464 |
| England | 99% | 3,388 | 1:16,412 | 1,109 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,125 | 1:4,756 | 471 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 580 | 1:3,178 | 438 |
| New Zealand | - | 573 | 1:7,916 | 927 |
| Ghana | - | 562 | 1:48,018 | 2,599 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| South Africa | 87% | 196 | 1:278,228 | 16,103 |
| Thailand | 97% | 166 | 1:422,083 | 21,165 |
| Philippines | 58% | 129 | 1:821,779 | 23,751 |
| Wales | 93% | 125 | 1:24,754 | 1,233 |
| Russia | 100% | 99 | 1:1,456,906 | 10,975 |
| Ireland | 100% | 68 | 1:68,287 | 1,962 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 65 | 1:260,032 | 8,683 |
| Germany | 100% | 58 | 1:1,666,860 | 10,489 |
| China | - | 52 | 1:26,270,304 | 60,770 |
| Japan | - | 51 | 1:2,509,531 | 21,420 |
| Brazil | - | 37 | 1:5,790,166 | 86,250 |
| France | 100% | 36 | 1:1,846,398 | 11,178 |
| Singapore | - | 25 | 1:251,482 | 9,031 |
| India | - | 24 | 1:50,619,915 | 863,110 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 21 | 1:1,449,997 | 46,053 |
| Hong Kong | - | 19 | 1:408,038 | 4,068 |
| South Korea | - | 17 | 1:326,142 | 10,022 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 16 | 1:513,344 | 8,079 |
| Israel | 73% | 15 | 1:560,195 | 10,411 |
| Sweden | 100% | 15 | 1:657,194 | 15,298 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Indonesia | - | 14 | 1:18,425,976 | 483,081 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Mexico | 100% | 14 | 1:8,867,459 | 28,360 |
| Belgium | 100% | 12 | 1:957,503 | 11,814 |
| Nigeria | 84% | 11 | 1:16,142,215 | 154,549 |
| Spain | - | 11 | 1:4,229,997 | 14,986 |
| Jersey | - | 10 | 1:9,998 | 868 |
| Kenya | - | 10 | 1:4,630,711 | 25,538 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Belarus | 100% | 9 | 1:1,053,598 | 5,565 |
| Denmark | - | 9 | 1:627,722 | 8,968 |
| Estonia | - | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 9 | 1:12,194 | 1,546 |
| Czechia | 69% | 8 | 1:1,332,020 | 3,968 |
| Norway | 100% | 8 | 1:641,541 | 10,538 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67% | 8 | 1:1,019,039 | 71,574 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Afghanistan | - | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Hungary | 100% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| Italy | 85% | 7 | 1:8,723,156 | 29,138 |
| Uganda | - | 7 | 1:5,850,989 | 49,331 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 5 | 1:272,284 | 13,349 |
| Turkey | - | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 5 | 1:1,430,399 | 43,518 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Guatemala | - | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Peru | 50% | 4 | 1:7,947,864 | 48,688 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:15,625 | 1,557 |
| Cameroon | - | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Finland | - | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Pakistan | - | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chile | - | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
Drew (62,163) may also be a surname.
Drew Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
M. Brought to England by a follower of William the Conqueror, this name (Dru) seems to have been derived from a Teutonic word meaning ‘skilful’. (Swan.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Some derive this name from the ancient personal name Drogo. It is no doubt sometimes from the Old French dru, drud, drue, which Roquefort renders var. épais, fort, robuste, gai, gaillard, formé, nubile; ami, amant, favori, galant, amoureux, élevé, serviteur, fidèle ami, compagnon; en bas Latin drudus, en bas Bret, dreau, dreu, drew, drud. At other times it is doubtless an abbreviation of Andrew.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Teutonic name, meaning: Skillful.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
This forename comes from the French and the Portuguese form of the Greek name Andreas (in Greek: Ἀνδρέας). The name derives from the Greek noun ἀνήρ anēr, with genitive ἀνδρός andros, which means 'man' (as opposed to 'woman'), thus meaning 'manly' and, as consequence, 'brave', 'strong', 'courageous', and 'warrior'.
- gustavolDrew Forename Popularity
Drew Demographics
Average Male Drew Height
177.58 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 4,968 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drewe | 89 | 102 | / |
| Driew | 89 | 24 | / |
| Dreww | 89 | 6 | / |
| Dreaw | 89 | 4 | / |
| Dreew | 89 | 4 | / |
| Drrew | 89 | 3 | / |
| Dyrew | 89 | 2 | / |
| Dhrew | 89 | 2 | / |
| Dryew | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ddrew | 89 | 1 | / |
| Dreuw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Drewë | 89 | 1 | / |
| Drewp | 89 | 1 | / |
| Drgeew | 80 | 11 | / |
| Dreiwe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Dayrew | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dreywe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Drjw | 75 | 48 | / |
| Dryw | 75 | 41 | / |
| Drev | 75 | 28 | / |
| Driw | 75 | 15 | / |
| Dref | 75 | 14 | / |
| Derw | 75 | 10 | / |
| Dreb | 75 | 6 | / |
| Dirw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uandrew | 73 | 3 | / |
| Dhwreew | 73 | 2 | / |
| der Yew | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dwhreew | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dreva | 67 | 56 | / |
| Dreib | 67 | 45 | / |
| Dreyf | 67 | 11 | / |
| Dreff | 67 | 8 | / |
| Dirwe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Drief | 67 | 4 | / |
| Dreif | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wdrow | 67 | 2 | / |
| Drefe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dreft | 67 | 2 | / |
| Drujw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dyrwt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Derwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Derfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dreuv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Drevs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Driev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Driow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Driwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Droef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dreph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dreev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Draiw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dreaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dreuf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uandrews | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deerw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dirfe | 67 | 1 | / |
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