Drewis as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Drewis

What is the meaning of the name Drewis ?

The baby name Drewis is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdruːɪs/ (DROO-is).

Drewis is English in Origin.

Drewis is a rare given name and occasional surname form ultimately tied to Andrew, from Greek Andreas “man, manly, courageous.” In English it reads as an embellished form of Drew (the medieval short form of Andrew) with the -is ending that echoes Latinate patterns, yielding a crisp, two-syllable cadence.

Records in Middle/Low German show Drewes or Drews, patronymics from Andreas; Drewis appears as a spelling variant in early modern documents and persists sparsely as a surname in Anglophone countries. As a first name, it emerges in late 20th‑century US/UK use, aligned with revived minimalist nicknames. Variants and relatives include Drew, Drue, Drewe; surnominal forms Drewes and Drews; and cognates Andrew, Andreas, Andrius. The core meaning remains the Andrew sense of “manly” and “steadfast,” with a possible undertone from Old French dru “dear, beloved” behind medieval Drew.

⚙ Drewis is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Drewis appears only 1 time in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.