Drabble (surname)

Drabble is a British surname.

Origins

Two possible origins have been suggested for the name. One possible source is a derivation from an Old English personal name "Drabbe", from before the 7th-century. This is recorded as a name of a Peterborough festerman, in 963 - 992, in A. J. Robertson's Anglo Saxon Charters.^[1]

Notable people with the surname

• Eric Frederic Drabble (1877–1933), English botanist
• Frank Drabble (1888–1964), English footballer
• Gareth Drabble (born 1990), rugby union player
• Geoff Drabble (born 1959), British businessman
• Margaret Drabble (born 1939), English novelist, biographer, and critic
• Phil Drabble (1914–2007), English author and television presenter