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
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #503 among girls, 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 — more than any year before or since.
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.