Given name & surname
Drago
“resembling a dragon”
Drago is a variant of Drake. One English interpretation is “resembling a dragon.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Drago is a variant of Drake. One English interpretation is “resembling a dragon.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Drago is a variant of Drake. An origin associated with Drake is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Drago through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 127
- 127 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,964 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +17%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,964 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 382 as a first name in 2020; 2,873 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Drago’s family of names
In Slovenian usage, Drago has a feminine form in DRAGA. Drago has a related form in Drake. In Slovenian usage, Drago has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Karel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Drago has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Drago
- Drago JančarSlovenian writerborn 1948
- Drago VukovićCroatian handball playerborn 1983
- Drago GabrićCroatian footballerborn 1986
- Drago PašalićCroatian basketball player (born 1984)
- Drago VabecCroatian footballer (born 1950)
- Drago GrubelnikSlovenian alpine skier (1976–2015)
- Drago MarušičSlovenian politician1884–1964
- Drago IblerCroatian architect (1894–1964)
- Drago HedlCroatian journalistborn 1950
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.