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 [ syll. dro-go, dr-ogo ] The boy name Drogo is pronounced DROWGow KEY. Drogo's language of origin is Slavonic and Germanic. It is predominantly used in English. Slavonic and Germanic origin: The name is of debated origin; it could be of the Gothic dragen ('to bear, to carry') or the Saxon drog ('ghost'), or else it could be derived via Germanic from the short form of Slavonic names starting with 'Drogo-'. It was popularized among English speakers in the 19th century after it was adopted as a middle name by various members of the aristocratic Montagu family, such as William Drogo Montagu (1823-1890), 7th Duke of Manchester, and his son George Victor Drogo Montagu (1853-1892), 8th Duke of Manchester. In addition, Drogo is an English variant form of the Romanian and Slavic Dragomir. Drogo is also an English short form of the Polish Drogomir. A variant of the name is the English pet form Drew. Drogo is an uncommon baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the family of boy names directly related to Drogo, the English and Scottish Drew was the most frequently used. Baby names that sound like Drogo include the Irish Darach, the English Darcey, the English Darcy, the Greek Dareios, the Polish Darek, the English Darick, the English Darik, the Slavic Darko, the Iranian Daroosh, the English Darrek, the English Darrick, the English Darrik, the English Darsell, the English Darsey, the English Darsy, the Iranian Daryush, the English Dedrick, the English Dedrik, the English Derec, and the Dutch and English Derek. KEY: approx pronunciation for Drogo: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"   |
