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.
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 George Wilkinson Drabble (18231899), British businessman Margaret Drabble (born 1939), English novelist, biographer, and critic Phil Drabble (1914–2007), English author and television presenter
References