Your name of Dredge gives you a strong urge for independence. In conversation, you prefer to use as few words as possible and often choose silence rather than idle chatter. You can express yourself with greater ease in writing. Even though you are aware of what is required, it is difficult to convey emotional sentiments such as sympathy or compliments. From early in life, you have asserted your individuality, learning through your own experiences, relying upon your ingenuity and practical creativity to accomplish your objectives. Usually, you would prefer to develop your own business or to work for someone who appreciates your strengths and personal qualities. Under circumstances when others are expressive, you feel inferior because of your inability to communicate your deeper thoughts and feelings. You are steadfast and loyal, and do not allow gossip or anything belittling to be said against those whom you accept in friendship. The health weaknesses due to the influence of this name could cause you to suffer either with headaches, weak eyes, sinus problems, lung and bronchial disorders such as asthma or emphysema, or a heart condition. There is originality and depth of thought contained in this name, particularly along practical and mathematical lines.