Audra

Where Audra comes from

The dictionaries list Audra as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1887
    First appearance
    #788 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1918
    Audra Lindley born
    American actress
  3. 1967
    Peak, #246
    1,153 babies named Audra — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1970
    Audra McDonald born
    American actress and singer
  5. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #379.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Audra McDonald · American actress and singer, born 1970
  • Audra Lindley · American actress, 1918–1997
  • Audra Mae · American singer, born 1984
  • Audra Cohen · US tennis player, born 1986
  • Audra Plepytė-Jara · Lithuanian diplomat, born 1971

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.