Dru

Dru is a short form of English and French names built on the Germanic root element drud, meaning strength or beloved, found in longer names such as Drucilla, Drusilla, and Drew. The classical Roman family name Drusus, which some scholars connect to a Gaulish or Germanic source with a similar sense of strength, helped spread the root through European naming traditions. Dru functions as both a feminine and masculine given name in modern English usage and shares its shortened form with Drew, which derives from the same Germanic base as well as from the Greek name Andrew.