Login
Login

Aubrey

{{Other uses}}{{distinguish|Audrey}}

{{Infobox name

| name = Aubrey

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| pronunciation =

| meaning = ruler of elves{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |authorlink=Patrick Hanks |last2=Hardcastle |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |publisher=Oxford University Press | series=Oxford paperback reference |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |oclc=67869278 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC&pg=PT65 |page=65 |access-date=12 Oct 2023}}

| language = English, French, German

| variant = Aubree, Aubrie, Awbery{{Cite book|last1=Hanks|first1=Patrick|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland|last2=Coates|first2=Richard|last3=McClure|first3=Peter|date=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-252747-9|pages=98|language=en}}

| seealso =

| gender = Unisex

}}

Aubrey ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɔː|b|ɹ|i}}) is a traditionally male English name. It was quite common in the Middle Ages, but had lost favour for a time before experiencing a resurgence of popularity in the 19th century.{{cite encyclopedia|author=E. G. Withycombe|title=The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names|date=1977 |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |isbn=9780192812131 |pages=10, 35 |edition=Third |url=https://archive.org/details/oxforddictionary0000with_a9b0/page/35/mode/2up |access-date=12 December 2023}}

In the United States, following the 1973 release of the song "Aubrey", by the band Bread, Aubrey began to be commonly used as a given name for girls, potentially influenced by its similarity to Audrey.{{cite web |url=https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/ |publisher=Social Security Administration |title=Popularity of a Name |access-date=2025-02-10}}{{Cite web |title=Aubrey |url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/aubrey |last=Campbell |first=Michael D. |date=2022-12-07 |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Behind the Name: the Etymology and History of First Names}} In 2023, Aubrey was the 101st most popular girls' name in the United States.

Etymology

{{wiktionary|Aubrey}}

Aubrey is from the Norman French derivation Aubry of the Germanic given name Alberic / Old High German given name Alberich,Albert Dauzat (préface de Marie-Thérèse Morlet), Noms et prénoms de France, éditions Larousse 1980, p. 14b. which consists of the elements alb 'elf' and ric 'power' or 'ruler',{{Cite book |title=Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary |year=1996 |pages=15 |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com |isbn=978-0-8063-0171-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0kc60WqxYK4C&pg=PA15 |editor-last=Harrison |editor-first=Henry |orig-date=1912 |editor-last2=Harrison |editor-first2=Gyda Pulling}} Before being largely replaced by Aubrey after the Norman Conquest of England, the Anglo-Saxons used the native form Ælfrīc.

The mediaeval feminine name Aubrée, independently derived from the Germanic name Alberada, was common in Normandy and Post-Conquest England.{{cite book |author=Auguste Longnon|title=Les noms de lieu de la France; leur origine, leur signification, leurs transformations |volume=2 |date=1929 |publisher=Éditions Champion |location=Paris |page=483 |url=https://archive.org/details/lesnomsdelieudel02long/page/143/mode/1up|access-date=12 December 2023 |language=French}}{{cite book |editor1-last=François de Beaurepaire |title=Les noms des communes et anciennes paroisses de l'Eure |date=1981 |publisher=Éditions Picard |location=Paris |isbn=9782708400672 |page=123 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sGcfAAAAMAAJ&q=Albereda |access-date=12 December 2023 |language=French}} However, it had fallen out of use entirely by the 15th century and appears to be unconnected with modern usage of Aubrey.

People

= Surname =

= Given name =

== Pre-nineteenth century ==

== Nineteenth century ==

== Modern era ==

= Fictional characters =

See also

Notes

{{reflist}}

{{given name|type=both}}

Category:English feminine given names

Category:English given names

Category:English unisex given names

Category:Feminine given names

Category:Given names originating from a surname