Audrey
/ˈɔːdri/noun
A female given name.
Did you know?Audrey comes through Old English Æðelþryð, the name of a 7th-century saint, and its first element is the same noble root behind names like Ethel and Adelaide.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*aþalaz
“noble, of noble birth”
Old English
OE
Æðelþryð
“a female given name, literally “noble strength””
Old English
OE
Etheldreda / Æthelthryth
“later forms of the saint’s name in medieval usage”
Middle English
ME
Audrey
“a reduced and altered form of the saint’s name”
Modern English
English
Audrey
“a female given name”
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