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Dru

Dru: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“strong and manly”
Origin
Greek
Say it
DROO · 1 syllable
Used for
Both (40% girls, 60% boys since 1880)

Usually a spelling variant of Drew, itself a shortened form of Andrew. Andrew comes from Greek Andreas, from aner/andros 'man'.

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How popular is Dru?

202432.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Dru in 2024105

2024 rank#2,367 boys

Peak year2004

Total US babies since 18804,552

Dru is rising: use over the last five years is 2.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Dru

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Drewmanly · Greek
  • Jruemodern spelling of Drew · American (modern coinage)
  • Angelmessenger · Greek
  • Phoenixdark red · Greek
  • Onyxclaw; black gemstone · Greek
  • Oceanocean, great sea · Greek
  • Parisuncertain meaning · Greek
  • Cleoglory · Greek

Dru questions

What does the name Dru mean?

Dru means "strong and manly". It comes from Greek. Usually a spelling variant of Drew, itself a shortened form of Andrew. Andrew comes from Greek Andreas, from aner/andros 'man'.

Is Dru a boy or girl name?

Dru is used for both: about 40% of US babies named Dru since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Dru?

105 US babies were named Dru in 2024. Its peak year was 2004.

How do you pronounce Dru?

Dru is usually pronounced DROO.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.