Dragos
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DRAH-gosh
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Dragos is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “dear, precious”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Dragos mean?
Slavic: Romanian Dragoș, from Slavic drag
“dear, precious”
Dragoș was the semi-legendary 14th-century founder of the principality of Moldavia.
Is Dragos a girl's or a boy's name?
Dragos is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dragos in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Dragos, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 25 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dragos in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Dragos in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,197 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
Names like Dragos
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Rupert Ezra Cruz Arlo Amos Idris Alfred Victor Cooper Hector Perez
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dragos: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dragos, updated 20 October 2026.