Dren (name)

Dren, also spelled Drin, is a given name.

It is used as a masculine given name in Albanian culture. The origin of this name comes from the Albanian word dren (Gheg Albanian); dre (Standard Albanian), which means deer. The feminine form is Drenusha (female deer).

The word "Dren" (Дрен) means dogwood or specifically European Cornel (Cornus mas) in Serbian.

People

 * Dren Abazi (born 1985), Kosovar Albanian singer and songwriter
 * Dren Feka (born 1997), Kosovo Albanian footballer
 * Dren Hodja (born 1994), Albanian footballer
 * Dren Mandić, Serbian climber, one of the fatalities of the 2008 K2 disaster.
 * Dren McDonald, American musician
 * Dren Terrnava (born 2005), Finnish footballer

Fictional characters

 * Dren, the name of the character Kish in the English adaptation (Mew Mew Power) of the anime series Tokyo Mew Mew
 * Dren, a human hybrid creature in the 2010 movie Splice