Entry № 2659 · English origin

Drew Drew — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DROO /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Manly / strong (Drew Barrymore, Drew Barrymore Show)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Modern (English)

A name that means "manly / strong (drew barrymore, drew barrymore show)".

Drew is the English short form of Andrew — from the Greek Andreas, aner (man) — used in the United States as a unisex name since the 1980s. Breakthrough role at age 7 in E.T. Founded Flower Beauty cosmetics line (2013) and the Flower Films production company that has produced 18+ films. Memoir Wildflower (2015) — New York Times bestseller. Drew Sidora (The Real Housewives of Atlanta).

Subject of countless Hollywood-dynasty profiles.

Manly / strong. E.T.

The name in its native script.

Drew
Transliteration
Drew
Pronunciation
/ druː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Drew stands.

Drew does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Drews before her.

Real people
Drew Barrymore
American actress and producer.
born 1975
In fiction
Drew
Various American TV.

Names connected to Drew.

The number behind Drew.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Drew reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.