Given name & surname
Dries
“manly; a warrior”
Dries is a short form of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dries is a short form of Andrew. One Greek interpretation is “manly; a warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dries is a short form of Andrew. An origin associated with Andrew is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dries through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,208 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.
Dries’s family of names
Dries is a short form of Andrew. Dries has a surname derivative in DRIESSEN. Dries is a short form of Andries.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dries
- Dries MertensBelgian association football player (born 1987)
- Dries van AgtDutch politician1931–2024
- Dries Devenynsroad bicycle racerborn 1983
- Dries van der LofDutch racing driver (1919–1990)
- Dries De BondtBelgian cyclistborn 1991
- Dries Buytaertcomputer programmerborn 1978
- Dries van NotenBelgian fashion designerborn 1958
- Dries WoutersBelgian association football playerborn 1997
- Dries HoltenDutch singer and songwriter (1936-2020)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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