Drehs

Drehs is a surname of German origin. The name is derived from the German verb drehen, meaning to turn or rotate, and likely originated as a nickname or descriptor based on a turning-related occupation or trait. The form Drehs may reflect regional spelling variants and the common practice in German-speaking areas of adding suffixes to root words.

Drehs has been recorded in Germany and among descendants of German-speaking emigrants in North America and beyond. The surname appears in historical records dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, with occurrences in various regions of Germanic-speaking communities.

Notable people with the surname have appeared in local or regional contexts, including athletes and professionals, but no widely recognized figure shares the name in major reference works. The term Drehs is mainly encountered as a family name rather than a common noun or place name.