Dries as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Dries

What is the meaning of the name Dries ?

The baby name Dries is a boy name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced DREES.

Dries is Dutch, Flemish, Greek in Origin.

Dries is a Dutch and Flemish short form of Andries, the Netherlandic form of the biblical Andrew. Its root is Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andreas), the earliest attested name form, built on anēr, genitive andros, man, and the adjective andreios, masculine or manly. In Dutch, initial An- was lost by contraction, leaving -dries as an independent hypocoristic rather than a separate native word.

The name belongs chiefly to Dutch-speaking Belgium and the Netherlands, where Andries was established through Christian devotion to the apostle Andrew. Dries appears in medieval and early modern records as a familiar form and later as a formal given name; Afrikaans use reflects Dutch settlement in South Africa. Modern visibility comes from Belgian designer Dries Van Noten, Belgian footballer Dries Mertens, and software developer Dries Buytaert. In the United States it remains rare, with only sporadic recent SSA registrations.