Dru
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A diminutive of the male given name Andrew, also used as a formal given name
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈdɹu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Dru is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 91K(measured from records)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 150K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 219K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 301 (measured from records)
- 1 in 91K (inferred from the name graph)
≈8,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Drue in CN China.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A diminutive of the male given name Andrew, also used as a formal given name.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dru counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈8,600 est. | ≈1 in 161K | — | Drue | 4 |
| US United States | 3,637 | 1 in 91K | 2.1K | Dru | 301 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 219K | listed | Dru | 84 |
| CA Canada | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 194K | 1 | Dru | 72 |
| AU Australia | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 150K | 1 | Dru | 68 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 203K | — | Dru | 19 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the gb-nisra-baby-names-ni register; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Dru is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
ISO 639-3 language code for Rukai.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In enm, alternative form of drye
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nss, housepost
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In lid, dugong
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In French, thick
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Dru Druryb. 1725GBBritish entomologist (1724-1803)
- Theodore D. A. Cockerellb. 1866USnot in their usual nameU.S. entomologist, botanist and zoologist (1866–1948)
- Dru Berrymoreb. 1969DEGerman pornographic actress
- Dru Downb. 1969USAmerican rapper
- Dru Mouserb. 1971USAmerican actress
- Dru Castrob. 1976USAmerican musician
- Dru Joyceb. 1985USAmerican basketball player and coach
- Dru Smithb. 1997USAmerican basketball player
- Dru Samiab. 1997USAmerican football player (born 1997)
- Dru Yearwoodb. 2000GBEnglish association football player (born 2000)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.1K | #4,910 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.5K | #4,910 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1999 | 99 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1997 | 82 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2004 | 80 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2000 | 79 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1998 | 79 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 76 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 74 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 74 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2004 | 72 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 59 | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Dru mean, and where does it come from?
- A diminutive of the male given name Andrew, also used as a formal given name. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Dru a male or female name?
- Dru is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- How do you pronounce Dru?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈdɹu/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Dru?
- In the etymology graph, Andrew, Andre and Andy are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Dru have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 8.6 thousand people named Dru in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled drue.
- Where is Dru most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dru is densest in the United States — about 1 in 91 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Dru?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,637 people named Dru in 2020, about 1 in 91 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Dru?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/druThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dru”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.