Audrey
Not to be confused with
Aubrey .
Audrey Pronunciation Pronunciation of the name in British-English Gender Female, rarely male Language(s) English Language(s) Old English Word/name Æðelþryð Derivation æðel + þryð Meaning "noble strength" Related names Etheldreda , Ethel , Audie , Audra , Audre, Audrea
Audrey () is a feminine given name . It is rarely a masculine given name. Audrey is the Anglo-Norman form of the Anglo-Saxon name Æðelþryð , composed of the elements æðel þryð "strength". The Anglo-Norman form of the name was applied to Saint Audrey (died 679), also known by the historical form of her name as Saint Æthelthryth. The same name also survived into the modern period in its Anglo-Saxon form, as Etheldred ,[ 1] Etheldred Benett (1776–1845).
In the 17th century, the name of Saint Audrey gave rise to the adjective tawdry "cheap and pretentious; cheaply adorned". The lace necklaces sold to pilgrims to Saint Audrey fell out of fashion in the 17th century, and so tawdry was reinterpreted as meaning cheap or vulgar. As a consequence, use of the name declined, but it was revived in the 19th century. Popularity of the name in the United States peaked in the interbellum period , but it fell below rank 100 in popularity by 1940 and was not frequently given in the later half of the 20th century; Audrey was the 173rd most common name for females in the United States in the 1990 census. Its popularity has again been on the rise since the 2000s, reaching rank 100 in 2002 and rank 41 in 2012. It was also ranked in the top 100 most common names for girls in France, Belgium, and Canada in the 2000s.[ 2]
People
Audrey Marie Anderson (born 1975), American actress and modelAudrey Assad (born 1983), American contemporary Christian musicianAudrey Amiss (born 1933), British artistAudrey Azoulay (born 1972), French civil servant and politicianAudrey Barcio (born 1978), American visual artistAudrey Bates (1922–2001), Welsh international in four sports: table tennis , tennis squash and lacrosse Audrey Bates (1928-2014), British-American computer programmerAudrey Brown (athlete) (1913–2005), British Olympic sprinterAudrey Brown (journalist) , South African broadcast journalist.Audrey Alexandra Brown (1904–1998), Canadian poetAudrey Cameron , polymer chemist working at the University of EdinburghAudrey Chapman (1899–1993), American actressAudrey De Montigny (born 1985), French-Canadian singerAudrey Donnithorne (1922–2020), British missionary and political economistAudrey Dufeu-Schubert (born 1980), French politicianAudrey Dwyer , Canadian actor and playwrightAudrey Emery (1904–1971), American socialite and wife of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of RussiaAudrey Fagan , Australian police officerAudrey Flack (born 1931), American artistAudrey Fleurot (born 1977), French actressAudrey Girouard , Canadian computer scientist and professorAudrey Gordon , Canadian politicianAudrey Hannah (born 1982), German-Canadian presenter, singer-songwriter and ballet dancerAudrey Hepburn (1929–1993), Belgian-born British actress and fashion modelAudrey Marie Hilley (1933–1987), American murdererAudrey Mika (born 2000), American singer and songwriterAudrey Hochberg (1933–2005), New York politicianAudrey Evelyn Jones (1929–2014), British teacher and women's rights campaignerAudrey Kitching (born 1985), American model, fashion designer, and fashion bloggerAudrey Landers (born 1956), American actressAudrey Lawson-Johnston (1915–2001), last survivor of the shipwreck Lusitania Audrey Linkenheld (born 1973), French politicianAudrey Long (1922–2014), American actressAudrey Luna , American operatic sopranoAudrey Maleka , South African politicianAudrey Malte , a name used to refer to Ethelreda Malte (died 1559), alleged illegitimate daughter of Henry VIIIAudrey McLaughlin (born 1936), Canadian politician, former leader of the New Democratic PartyAudrey Meadows (1922–1996), American actressAudrey Meaney (born 1931), British archaeologistAudrey Mestre (1974–2002), French athleteAudrey Morris (1928–2018), American jazz singerAudrey Munson (1891–1996), American model and actressAudrey Niffenegger (born 1963), American novelistAudrey Ong Pei Ling (born 1980), Singaporean criminal and accomplice of British convicted killer Michael McCrea Audrey Osborne, Duchess of Leeds , British aristocratAudrey Patterson (1926–1996), American athleteAudrey Penn (born 1947), American authorAudrey Richards (1899–1984), British anthropologistAudrey Riley , English cellist and string arrangerAudrey Spiry (born 1983), French animator, illustrator and comic strip authorAudrey Stuckes (1923–2006), British material scientistAudrey Sutherland (1921–2015), American traveler, kayaker, teacher, and authorAudrey Tang (born 1981), Taiwanese software programmerAudrey Tautou (born 1976), French actressAudrey Terras (born 1942), American mathematicianAudrey Totter (1918–2013), American actressAudrey Wasilewski (born 1967), American voice actressAudrey Wells (1960–2018), American film director and screenwriterAudrey Williamson (1926–2010), British athleteAudrey Whitby , American actressAudrey White (1927–2014), British model
Fictional characters
Audrey Anderson, in the 2010 film Legion
Audrey Belrose, a dateable character in the dating simulation video game Huniepop
Audrey Bourgeois, in the animated series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir
Audrey fforbes-Hamilton , in the BBC television sitcom To the Manor Born Audrey Fulquard, heroine of The Little Shop of Horrors
Audrey Gordon, played by Heidi Areana in the satirical Australian television cooking series Audrey's Kitchen
Audrey Griswold, teenage daughter of Clark Griswold in the movie National Lampoon's Vacation .
Audrey Hanson , in the television series Heroes Audrey Hope, on the 2021 Gossip Girl
Audrey Horne , on the television series Twin Peaks Audrey Parker-Nichols, in the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh
Audrey Raines , in television series 24 Audrey Reede, in the film Liar Liar
Audrey Roberts , on the British soap opera Coronation Street Audrey Rose, from the novel, Audrey Rose
Audrey Rose, character from the 2019 movie Descendants 3
Audrey Safranek, in the film, Downsizing
Audrey Turfe, in Ben Jonson's A Tale of a Tub
Audrey, in the eponymous 1902 novel by Mary Johnston , and its 1916 silent film adaptation
Audrey, in Shakespeare's As You Like It
Little Audrey , a cartoon character who was mainly popular during the 1950s and 1960sAudrey Sharma, in the 2012 Disney Channel film Radio Rebel
Audrey Smith Bertha, on Harvey Girls Forever!
Audrey Hall, from the novel, Lord of Mysteries
Audrey, who is Ted Wiggins' love interest from the 2012 film, The Lorax
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