Aubrey
Aubrey is traditionally a male English given name. The name is a Norman French derivation of the Germanic given name Alberic, which consists of the elements alf "elf" and ric "king" translating to "King of the Elves".[2][3][4] Before the Norman conquest, the Anglo-Saxons used the corresponding variant Ælf-rīc (see Ælfric).
| Language(s) | English French German |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | King of the elves |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Aubree, Aubrie, Awbery[1] |
The name Aubrey was brought to England following the Norman conquest of 1066 and the original bearers lived in a place planted with elder trees. [5]
Traditionally the feminine form of Aubrey is Albreda.[5] However, Aubrey is commonly used as a feminine name in the United States. It was the 20th most popular girls name in the United States in 2014.[6]
People
Surname
- Andrew Aubrey, Lord Mayor of London in 1339, 1340, and 1351
- Emlyn Aubrey (born 1964), US professional golfer
- James Thomas Aubrey Jr. (1918–1994), US television and film executive; president of the CBS television network during the early 1960s
- Various persons named John Aubrey
- Juliet Aubrey (born 1966), English actress
- Sam Aubrey (1922–2008), former basketball player and coach of Oklahoma State University
- William Aubrey (died 1595), Welsh lawyer, judge and MP
- William Aubrey (engineer) (1759–1827), Welsh engineer
Pre-nineteenth century
- Aubrey de Coucy, Earl of Northumbria from 1080 to about 1086
- Aubrey de Troisfontaines (died c. 1250), 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. 1115–94), first Earl of Oxford
- Aubrey de Vere IV (c. 1170–1214), second Earl of Oxford
- Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford (c. 1338–1400)
- Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford (1627–1703), Royalist during the Civil War
- Aubrey of Buonalbergo (c. 1030–1122), first wife of Robert Guiscard
Nineteenth century
- Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), English artist, illustrator, and author
- Aubrey de Vere Hunt (1761–1818), Irish politician, landowner and businessman
- Sir Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Baronet (1788–1846), Irish baronet
- Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814–1902), Irish poet
Modern era
- Aubrey Ankrum (born 1972), American screenwriter, animator and actor
- Aubrey David (born 1990), Guyanese-Trinidadian international footballer
- Aubrey Dawkins (born 1995), American basketball player
- Aubrey Dollar (born 1980), American actress
- Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban (1915–2002), the birth name of Israeli diplomat Abba Eban
- Aubrey Fitch (1883–1978), American admiral
- Aubrey de Grey (born 1963), English gerontologist
- Aubrey Drake Graham (born 1986), the birth name of Canadian musician, actor, and entrepreneur Drake
- Aubrey Haynie (born 1974), American bluegrass musician
- Aubrey Herbert (1880–1923), British colonel, diplomat and
- Aubrey Lyles (1883–1932), African-American performer and lyricist with FE Miller as "Miller and Lyles"
- Aubrey Joseph (born 1997), American rapper and actor
- Aubrey Manning (1930–2018), English zoologist and broadcaster
- Aubrey McClendon (1959–2016) American businessman, oil and natural gas pioneer
- Aubrey Morris (1926–2015), English actor
- Aubrey Newman (1904–1994), American general
- Aubrey Newman (historian) (born 1927) British historian
- Aubrey Nunn (born 1966), British bass guitarist, member of Faithless
- Aubrey O'Day (born 1984), American singer
- Aubrey Peeples (born 1993), American actress and singer
- Aubrey Plaza (born 1984), American actress
- Aubrey Powell (disambiguation), several people
- Aubrey Simons (1921–2014), English table tennis player
- C. Aubrey Smith (1863–1948), English stage and film actor
- Aubrey Strahan (1852–1928), British geologist
- Aubrey Williams (1926–1990), Guyanese painter
- Aubrey Woods (1928–2013), British actor
Fictional characters
- Jack Aubrey, one of the protagonists from Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series
- Aubrey Valentine, in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Aubrey, the principal character of the 1980 eponymous ITV cartoon series Aubrey
- Aubrey, a main vampire in the novel Demon in My View by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
- Aubrey James, the antagonist of Stroker Ace, a 1983 action comedy film
- Aubrey, the narrator and main character of The Vampyre by John Polidori
- Aubrey Posen, one of the main characters in the 2012 film Pitch Perfect
- Aubrey Aubergine, one of the Munch Bunch
- Aubrey Flemming, protagonist of the 2007 psychological thriller "I Know Who Killed Me", portrayed by Lindsey Lohan
- Aubrey deLint, a character from David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest
- Aubrey Little, a character played by Travis McElroy in The Adventure Zone
- Aubrey, a song written by David Gates and originally released on the 1972 Bread album Guitar Man
- Aubrey Boyce, one of Del Boy's friends in the BBC sitcom, Only Fools and Horses
- AUBREY, a character in the 2020 psychological horror role-playing video game OMORI
See also
Notes
- Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9.
- "Words, words, words…". 13 March 2008. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- "Aubrey - Boys name meaning". BabyCentre.
- "Aubrey Name Meaning". House of names.
- "Popularity of name". Social Security Administration.
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