Audrey

Where Audrey comes from

From Middle English Aldreda, Etheldreda, from Old English Æþelþrȳþ (from æþele (“noble”) + þrȳþ (“strength”)).
— Wiktionary's entry for Audrey
  • Old English
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Audrey through the years
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #503 among girls with 11 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1929
    Audrey Hepburn born
    British actress
  3. 1976
    Audrey Tautou born
    French actress
  4. 2013
    Peak, #33
    5,605 babies named Audrey, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Old English.
  • A male given name from Old English.
Namesakes
  • Audrey Hepburn · British actress, 1929–1993
  • Audrey Tautou · French actress, born 1976
  • Audrey Azoulay · French politician, born 1972
  • Audrey Tang · Taiwanese activist, politician and free software programmer, born 1981
  • Audrey Niffenegger · American writer, artist and academic, born 1963

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.