Given name & surname · also German

Droste

Droste is a surname from German, ultimately from Dutch. It is used in English, German, and Dutch.

Original GermanDrost

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Droste comes from German, and ultimately from Dutch.

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How it developed

From German Droste, from Dutch Droste.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Droste’s family of names

In German usage, Droste as a surname has a related form in Drossard. In German usage, Droste as a surname has a related form in DROST. In German usage, Droste as a surname has a related form in DROST.

Walk Droste’s family in the name graph

DrosteDrostDrostenTruchsesTruchseßDrossard

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Nicknames & forms 5

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

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Dutch

Droge

“dry, boring, unfriendly”

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Dutch

Drenth

Drenth is a surname from Dutch.

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German

Drees

Drees is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from German. It is used in English and Dutch.

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German

Dressler

Dressler is a surname from German. It is used in English and Polish.

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German

Dorst

Dorst is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from German.

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Low German

Driessen

Driessen is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from Low German. It is used in English and Dutch.

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German

Dreiser

Dreiser is a surname from German.

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German

Dresslar

Dresslar is a surname from German.

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Sibling ideas

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