Drew

• (UK, US) enPR: dro͞o, IPA^(key): /dɹuː/, /dɹuʊ̯/
• Rhymes: -uː

Drew

1. A diminutive of the male given name Andrew.

   Synonym: Dru

   • 2025 April 16, Andrew Stanton, “Bernie Sanders Rally Crowd Size Tops 30K in District Trump Won Three Times”, in Newsweek‎^[1]:

     In November 2024, Kiley won reelection in the district where Folsom is located by about 11 points, though Trumps' victory was closer to 3 points, according to data compiled by analyst Drew Savicki and cited by the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.

• Andy

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 (“to carry, pull”), or from Proto-Germanic *draugaz (“phantom, apparition”).

Drew

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.

   Synonym: Dru

2. A female given name.

   Synonym: Dru

   • 2024 May 1, Charles M. Blow, “Kamala Harris Isn’t Americans’ ‘Momala.’ She’s Our Vice President.”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 3 May 2024:

     On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” and in a lighthearted moment, explained — as she did during the last presidential election cycle — that in her blended family, her stepchildren affectionately call her Momala.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Drew”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 488.

From Irish, adopted from the English surname above, and also reduced from an Druaidh, Ó Druaidh, Ó Draoi, "son of the Druid," from draoi (“druid”).

Drew

1. A surname.

• Drew County
• Drewsteignton
• Stanton Drew

From any of the above.

Drew

1. An unincorporated community in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States, named after Drew E. Bennett.
2. A city in Sunflower County, Mississippi, named after Miss Drew Daniel.
3. An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, named after S. E. Drew.
4. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, probably named after Robert Drew.
5. A rural community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada, named after George Alexander Drew (Liberal-Conservative MP).

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