Given name & surname
Drummond
“one who lives on the ridge”
Drummond is used as a given name and a surname. One Scottish interpretation is “one who lives on the ridge.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “one who lives on the ridge.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Drummond through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 20 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 5 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 5 in 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 105 as a first name in 2020; 17,285 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.
Drummond’s family of names
Drummond has a related form in Druman. Drummond has a related form in Drumand. Drummond has a related form in Drumman.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Drumanvariant
- Drummanvariant
- Drumandvariant
- Drummandvariant
- Drumunvariant
- Drummunvariant
- Drumundvariant
- Drummundvariant
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People named Drummond
- Drummond MatthewsBritish geophysicist (1931–1997)
- Drummond ErskineAmerican actor (1919-2009)
- Drummond ShielsBritish politician (1881-1953)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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