Aubrey
| Aubrey |
| Gender |
masculine or feminine |
| Language(s) |
French |
| Origin |
| Meaning |
rules the elves |
Of French origin, Aubrey results from the phonetical mutation of Alberic, which is a Germanic given name, meaning "Fair Ruler of the Little People", or "King of the Elves".[1] The name Alberich is the German variant. The Anglo-Saxons used before the Norman conquest the corresponding variant Ælf-rīc (see Ælfric).
A female form is already recorded in the Middle Ages as Aubrey, Aubrée and does not share the same etymology, that is from Germanic Albereda, Alberada. It was very common in the genealogy of the noble Norman families (See f. e. Aubrey of Buonalbergo).
The name is traditionally male, but is more commonly used as a feminine name in the United States. It was the 41st most popular name given to girls born in the United States in 2009.[2] It was last ranked among the top 1,000 most common names for boys in the United States in 2002. It was the 479th most common name for all males in the United States in the 1990 census.[3] The main reason that Aubrey became a popular female name is because of the song "Aubrey" by Bread.
People
Surname
Given name
- Aubrey de Coucy, Earl of Northumbria
- Aubrey de Grey (born 1963), a biomedical gerontologist
- Aubrey de Troisfontaines (died c.1250), a French chronicler of the 13th century
- Aubrey de Vere I (died c.1110), 11th-century Anglo-Norman knight
- Aubrey de Vere II (c.1080–1141), 12th-century Lord Great Chamberlain of England
- Aubrey de Vere III (c.1115–1194), first Earl of Oxford
- Aubrey de Vere IV (c.1170–1214), second Earl of Oxford
- Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814–1902), an Irish poet
- Aubrey of Buonalbergo (c.1030–1122), first wife of Robert Guiscard
- Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), an English artist, illustrator, and author
- Aubrey Dollar (born 1980), American actress
- Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban (1915–2002), birth name of Israeli diplomat Abba Eban
- Aubrey Graham (born 1986), a Canadian actor and recording artist
- Aubrey Huff (born 1976), an American baseball player
- Aubrey Lyles (1883–1932), African American performer and lyricist with F. E. Miller as "Miller and Lyles"
- Aubrey Manning (born 1930), an English zoologist and broadcaster
- Aubrey Morris (born 1926), an English actor
- Aubrey Newman (1904–1994), British Historian. Professor, University of Leicester 1960 - to present day
- Aubrey O'Day (born 1984), an American singer
- Aubrey Plaza (born 1984), an American actress
- Aubrey Drake Graham (born 1986), a Canadian rapper
- Aubrey Haoseb-Kurtz (born 1991), an Namibian recording artist and producer
In fiction
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