Audrey
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 "noble" and þryð "strength". The literal definition of the word is “noble strength” or “strength from nobility”.
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Meaning & Origin of Audrey
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
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 "noble" and þryð "strength". The literal definition of the word is “noble strength” or “strength from nobility”.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- French
The Story of Audrey
American parents first put Audrey on the record books as a baby girl name in 1881, with 11 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 5,613 Audreys were born — ranking #37 that year. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #91 among baby girl names with 2,767 births, falling sharply (-30%). In total, more than 309K Audreys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Audrey
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Audrey. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Audrey
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- Audrey Marie Anderson (born 1975), American actress and model
- Audrey Assad (born 1983), American contemporary Christian musician
- Audrey Amiss (1933–2013), British artist
- Audrey Azoulay (born 1972), French civil servant and politician
- Audrey Bates (1922–2001), Welsh international in four sports: table tennis , tennis , squash , and lacrosse
- Audrey Bates (1928–2014), British-American computer programmer
- Audrey Brown (athlete) (1913–2005), British Olympic sprinter
- Audrey Brown (journalist) , South African broadcast journalist.
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Names that sound like Audrey
Phonetically similar names — useful when Audrey is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Audrey
Audrey is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 309K births in the dataset. Audrey's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #33. Use the chart and map above to compare Audrey's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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