Drew - boy or girl name?

beenbizzy · December 2010

I've always known Drew as a boys name, sometimes short for Andrew. After movinga few years ago, we've met two girls in our small town named Dru (one family is good friends of ours). DH thinks we can't consider Drew on our boy name list becuase he thinks it is insulting to the friends whose daughter is Dru.

So, in your opinion is Drew/Dru a boy or girl name?

melissa721 · December 2010

Dru is just a nightmarish spelling and looks like your paying homage to a certain 90s R&B group.

I've always considered Drew to be a boys name usually a NN for Andrew. I don't think anyone will be insulted. They chose to name their daughter Dru and they had to have known Drew is primarily a boys name.

janice74 · December 2010

I immediately think boy, though it could go either way.

robynlesley · December 2010

My brother is Andrew and, occasionally, people have used Drew as a nickname.

However, with Drew Barrymore as an example, Drew could be a girl's name.

Both of my names (Robyn Lesley) can be boy's names (usually spelled Robin or Leslie), especially in the UK. There are definitely names that go both ways (ie. Morgan). Drew doesn't shout BOY at me, really.

Edit: Dru would be a nickname for Drusilla, I guess. Spike's wackadoo vampire girlfriend in Buffy was Dru/Drusilla.

Desert*Flower · December 2010

I think boy when I hear Drew (and assume the full name may be Andrew). I did know a girl named Dru when I was younger, her full name was Drucilla.

Dman85 · December 2010

I only like it as a boys name with the exception of Drew Barrymore.

BellaKelsey · December 2010

Our son is named Drew (given name, not short for Andrew), and we feel that it's definitely primarily a boy name. That said, it was actually on my list for a boy or a girl because I wanted to honor my husband, who is Andrew/Andy.

Dru is short for Drucinda or Drucilla, which are very rarely used names from a looooong time ago. I'd never seen that spelling / derivation before and then about 5-10 years ago there was actually a crime in our area involving someone named Dru so I heard about it then.

Helix07 · December 2010

My cousins name is Meredith Drew and she goes by Drew. She is 8.

mlkbride03 · December 2010

Drew is a boy name.

I would never consider Dru for any child. Still sounds boy to me, though.

LMS05 · December 2010

Drew is a boy's name. I know a female named Dru.

LMS05 · December 2010

Drew is a boy's name. I know two people named Dru (one male and one female). DH's nephew is Andru (Dru).

strangebird · December 2010

melissa721:
Dru is just a nightmarish spelling and looks like your paying homage to a certain 90s R&B group.

I've always considered Drew to be a boys name usually a NN for Andrew. I don't think anyone will be insulted. They chose to name their daughter Dru and they had to have known Drew is primarily a boys name.

This. They didn't choose Drew thinking it was a girls' name. They chose it knowing that it was unisex at best and cross-gender at the least, so they wouldn't be surprised to meet a little boy Drew on the street.

It seems more likely they would be offended that you chose the same name because they feel they have some right to it, as so many people do. But this type of post always confuses me--you're concerned a close friend might feel slighted by the name you've chosen, so you ask a bunch of internet strangers how they would feel? He/she is a close friend! Ask them. It's as simple as saying, "we'd like to consider Drew, but for a boy. Would that be okay?" Chances are very good that they wont mind in the least, especially if you broach the subject in advance.

Le Olive · December 2010

In all the Drews I have met, there is an equal division between boys and girls. I think it's become a unisex name.

beenbizzy · December 2010

strangebird:
melissa721:

Dru is just a nightmarish spelling and looks like your paying homage to a certain 90s R&B group.

I've always considered Drew to be a boys name usually a NN for Andrew. I don't think anyone will be insulted. They chose to name their daughter Dru and they had to have known Drew is primarily a boys name.

This. They didn't choose Drew thinking it was a girls' name. They chose it knowing that it was unisex at best and cross-gender at the least, so they wouldn't be surprised to meet a little boy Drew on the street.

It seems more likely they would be offended that you chose the same name because they feel they have some right to it, as so many people do. But this type of post always confuses me--you're concerned a close friend might feel slighted by the name you've chosen, so you ask a bunch of internet strangers how they would feel? He/she is a close friend! Ask them. It's as simple as saying, "we'd like to consider Drew, but for a boy. Would that be okay?" Chances are very good that they wont mind in the least, especially if you broach the subject in advance.

I'm not asking for feelings of using the name, I was curious if people thought of Drew as more of a boy or girl name. To me, it is a boy name, not unisex. I think it is interesting to hear different opinions. Before I met the two Dru's I would have never even thought of it for a girl.

sarahbeth27 · December 2010

I much prefer Drew for a boys name. However, I do think this is one of the few truly gender neutral names out there.

HarperM · December 2010

melissa721:
Dru is just a nightmarish spelling and looks like your paying homage to a certain 90s R&B group.

This=funny. Made me smile!

Anyways, I think besides the horrific spelling of Dru, that the name "Drew" is more boy but I know a few girls named Drew and it's not bad on them at all.

sunnyday016 · December 2010

All boy. I know one little girl name Drew though, but I think it's weird. It doesn't fit her at all IMO.

still_a_bride · December 2010

Boy name

maddiemoon43 · December 2010

All boy. I don't know any girls named Drew (or worse...Dru...). Drew Barrymore didn't even come to mind until I read the PPs replies. The boys I know named Drew are 50-50 Andrews or just plain Drews.

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