Meaning of name Drew

The name Drew has the following meaning:

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

As a baby boy name, Drew is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 211 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Drew fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 28 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 272 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Drew in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Drew is very likely a(n) English variant of the name Andrew. See other suggested English baby names.

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The following names are baby names related to Drew and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Drew: Boys - Dorian, Julius, Luke, Theodore, Theron, Girls - Cleora, Dike, Dorcas, Theresa, Velma, Both genders - Damaskenos, George

The name Drew is a variant of Andrew. Other popular variants of the name Andrew are: Adem (Polish), Aindrea, Anders (Scandinavian), Andras (Scottish), Andre (Welsh), Andrea (French), Andreas (Latin), Andres (Estonian), Andrewes, Andrey, Andries (Spanish), Andros, Andru, Andrzej, Andy, Antero (Scandinavian), Drew (English), Dru, Drud, Drugi, Ondrej (Finnish)

We think the name Drew should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Drew to be: A reliable individual

In one word, you might describe Drew as a(n) "reliable" person.

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