Drabble

See also: drabble

English

Etymology

Perhaps a diminutive of the Old English personal name Drabbe, or related to drab, hence a nickname for an untidy person.

Proper noun

Drabble (plural Drabbles)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Drabble is the 4670^th most common surname in England, belonging to 1572 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Drabble”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 486.