Drew
m.
Frankish drogo, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Old Saxon (gi)drog 'phantom, ghost'.
The first known bearer of the name was a son of Charlemagne. It is also the name of a 12th C French saint.
In England, Drew is also sometimes a nickname of Andrew.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1185x1186 Drogonis (gen) PR-XXXVI p. 8
- France
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- Latin
- ● a1072 Drogonis (gen) NDParisII 1-XVI;
1107 Drogo (abl) CartStPC XVII;
1115 Drogo (nom) CartNDJosaphat V;
1135 Drogo (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7;
1138x1162 Drogo (nom) ibid. 61;
c1140 Drogo (nom) CartNDdOurscamp LXXXIII;
1147 Drogo (nom) clairvaux-12thc 14,
Drogone (abl) ibid. 19;
1147x1162 Drogone (abl) ibid. 55;
1154 Drogo (nom) ibid. 28;
1160 Drogonis (gen) CartNDdOurscamp CXIV;
1162 Drogo (nom) clairvaux-12thc 40;
1163 Drogonis (gen) ibid. 99;
1163–64 Droco (nom) ibid. 117,
Drogo (nom) ibid. 114;
1164 Droco (nom) ibid. 121,
Drogo (nom) ibid. 121,
Drogonis (gen) CartNDdOurscamp C;
1171 Drogo (nom) clairvaux-12thc 139;
1178 Drogo (nom) ibid. 166;
1179 Drogo (nom) ibid. 176,
Drogonis (gen) ibid. 178;
1188 Drogo (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XCIV;
1190 Drogo (nom) ibid. LXXIX;
1201 Drogo (nom) ibid. LXI;
1203 Drogo (nom) ibid. CXXV,
Drogone (abl) ibid. CXXV;
1236 Drogo (nom) ibid. CCXVI,
Drogonis (gen) ibid. CXXVI;
1257 Droconis (gen) ArrestReg-volI V, Candlemas;
1258 Droco (nom) ibid. II, BMV,
Droconis (gen) ibid. II, BMV;
1259 Droco (nom) ibid. XVI, Pentecost,
Droconem (acc) ibid. XVII, Pentecost;
1260 Droco (nom) ibid. X, St. Martin,
Drocone (abl) ibid. VII, Pentecost,
Droconem (acc) ibid. VII, St. Martin;
1292 Droco (nom) MemBret-I 1103;
1301 Droco (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 202
- ◑ 1378 Drueti (gen) hanquetvol1 466
- Old French
- ● 1291 Dreve (obl) HistHdVParis p. 108;
1292 Dreve (obl) ibid. p. 112;
1296 Dreue paris1296 p. 36,
Dreues ibid. p. 49,
Droyn ibid. p. 29;
1301 Drieue (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 242;
1313 Dreue Paris1313 p. 22,
Dreues ibid. p. 32,
Dreus ibid. p. 14,
Drue ibid. p. 9
- ◑ 1313 Drouet Paris1313 p. 7
- Middle French
- ● 1404 Drogonis HistHdVParis no. 4;
1415[1469x1471] Drieu Waurin p. 226;
1423 Dreue favier 402;
1587 Dreux RTFProvins 24
- ◑ 1392 Drouet MemBret-II col. 602;
1418 Drouet DdB1418 p. 214,
HGParis p. 388,
Drouin DdB1418 p. 212,
Drouyn HGParis p. 386;
1423 Drouet favier 191
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Drogo (nom) TradCorb §74;
834 Drogonis (gen) HambUrk-vol1 VIII;
895 Druogo (nom) ibid. XXV
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Driu (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 6
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Drew". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Drew.