Drusilla
About Drusilla
Drusilla is an ancient Roman name, (probably) borne by descendants of Antony and Cleopatra, and is one of the 'illa' names that are ready for a comeback, especially with its cute short form Dru.
Drusilla appears in the New Testament as the wife of Felix (twin alert?), and later made appearances in Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure, Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone and Faulkner's The Unvanquished. Drusilla is a vampire in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and was a long-running character on the soap The Young and the Restlass.
An alternate spelling is Drucilla.
Pronounced droo-SIL-uh.
As of October 2026, Drusilla ranked #11192 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #612 in 1886.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Drusilla on lists
Famous Drusillas
- Drusilla
daughter of Herod Agrippa (38,79
- (Julia) Drusilla
sister of the Roman emperor Caligula
- Drusilla
two Princesses of Mauretania
- Drusilla Wills
English actress
- Drusilla Modjeska
Australian novelist
- Drusilla Campbell
novelist
- Beryl Drusilla de Zoete
English dancer, writer and orientalist
Drusilla in pop culture
- Drusilla (a great beauty) in the New Testament
Acts 24:24,
- Drusilla Keeble
vampire character on TV's 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'
- Drusilla Clack
part,narrator of 'The Moonstone' (1868) by Wilkie Collins; niece of the late Sir J. Verinder
- Drusilla
great,aunt to Jude Fawley in Hardy's 1896 novel 'Jude the Obscure'
- Drusilla Paddock
from the TV series 'The Worst Witch'
- Drusilla Shannon
character on the TV show "Father Murphy" (one episode).
- Drusilla
"Wonder Girl," character on TV's 'Wonder Woman'
- Drusilla "Dru" Blackthorn
character from Cassandra Clare's "The Dark Artifices" series
- Similar: Drisella or Drizella
stepsister in Disney's "Cinderella"