French: from the Germanic personal name Drago, a short
form of Dragwald, composed of the elements drag- ‘to
carry’ + wald ‘power’, ‘rule’.French and English
(of Norman origin): nickname or occupational name for someone who
carried a standard in battle or else in a pageant or procession, from
Middle English, Old French dragon ‘snake’, ‘monster’ (Latin
draco, genitive draconis, from Greek drakon,
ultimately from derkesthai ‘to flash’). This word was applied
in Late Latin to military standards in the form of windsocks, so
resembling snakes.Polish and Ukrainian: from dragon
‘dragoon’.Polish, Jewish (from Poland), and Ukrainian: from
Polish dragon ‘dragoon’. As a Jewish name it is of ornamental
originAC, ab.New England form of French D’Aragon (see
Deragon).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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