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Girl or boy · Germanic, through Norman French
Aubrey
Say it: AW-bree
Meaning
From Norman French Aubri, from Germanic Alberich: alb 'elf' and ric 'ruler, powerful'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A man's name in medieval and later England that became a popular American girls' name in the 2000s.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 150,545 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2012, about 1 in 218 girls
- 4,028 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Aubree, Aubrie, Albreda
| German | Alberich |
|---|---|
| French | Aubry |
| Latin | Albericus |
Famous bearers
- Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford
- Aubrey Beardsley, English illustrator
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Where this comes from
- The Domesday Book (1086) source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Medieval European charters and records
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.