Audrey

A female given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “strength.”.

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Audrey is an English feminine given name. It is the Anglo-Norman form of the Anglo-Saxon name Æðelþryð, composed of the elements æðel "noble" and þryð "strength". The Anglo-Norman form of the name was applied to Saint Audrey (d. 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, e.g. Etheldred Benett (1776–1845).
In the 17th century, the name of Saint Audrey gave rise to the adjective tawdry "cheap and pretentious; cheaply adorned" (after a fair of St. Audrey where cheap lace was sold). 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.

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Fem. proper name, 13c., from earlier Aldreda (11c.), contracted from Etheldreda, a Latinized form of Old English Æðelðryð, literally "noble might," from æðele "noble" (see atheling) + ðryð "strength, might." Popularized by the reputation of Saint Etheldreda, queen of Northumbria and foundress of the convent at Ely.

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From the Old English name Aethelthryth: noble and strength.

Audie, Etheldred, Ethel, Aldreda

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Audrey Hepburn	1929	British actress
2	Audrey Tautou	1976	French film actress
3	Audrey Meadows	1922	Actress, banker
4	Audrey Munson	1891	American artist's model and film actress
5	Audrey Hollander	1979	American pornographic actress
6	Audrey Horne	1972	Fictional character
7	Audrey Marie Anderson	1975	American actress and model
8	Audrey Landers	1956	Actress, singer
9	Audrey Esparza	1986
10	Audrey Marie	1989	American professional wrestler
11	Audrey Totter	1917	American actress
12	Audrey Mestre	1974	French freediver
13	Audrey Fleurot	1977	French actress
14	Audrey Whitby	1996	American actress
15	Audrey Marie Hilley	1933	American murderer
16	Audrey Raines		Character from the television series 24
17	Audrey Assad	1983	American singer-songwriter and contemporary Christian music artist.
18	Audrey Roberts
19	Audrey Bitoni	1986	American pornographic actress
20	Audrey Niffenegger	1963	American writer, artist and academic
21	Audrey Dalton	1934	Actress
22	Audrey Gelman		American political consultant
23	Audrey Tang	1981	Taiwanese free software programmer
24	Audrey Puente	1970	American weather presenter
25	Audrey Wasilewski	1967	American actress and voice actress
26	Audrey Flack	1931	American artist
27	Audrey Santo	1983	American Stigmata sufferer
28	Audrey Kitching	1985	American fashion designer, writer and model
29	Audrey Vernon	1980	French actress
30	Audrey Long	1922	American actress
31	Audrey Lindvall	1982	American model
32	Audrey Bolte		American beauty pageant titleholder
33	Audrey Kawasaki	1982	American artist
34	Audrey Wells	1960	American screenwriter
35	Audrey Aleen Allen	1991
36	Audrey Marnay	1980	French actress and model
37	Audrey McLaughlin	1936	Canadian politician
38	Audrey Dana	1979	French actress
39	Audrey Hamm	1981	French actress
40	Audrey Emery	1904	American socialite
41	Audrey Pulvar	1972	French journalist
42	Audrey Sylvain	1984
43	Audrey Azoulay	1972	French politician
44	Audrey Chauveau	1979	French television presenter
45	Audrey F. Manley	1934	American doctor
46	Audrey Giacomini	1986	French actress
47	Audrey Quock	1977	American model
48	Audrey Gallagher	2000	Irish singer
49	Audrey Eu	1953	Hong Kong politician
50	Audrey Lamy	1981	French actress
51	Audrey March Hardy
52	Audrey Bonnet		French actress
53	Audrey Diwan	1980	French journalist and publisher
54	Audrey Auld-Mezera	1964	Australian American country music singer–songwriter
55	Audrey Tcheuméo	1990	Judoka
56	Audrey Estrougo		French actress
57	Audrey Marrs	1970	American film producer
58	Audrey Carville		British journalist
59	Audrey Richards	1899	English anthropologist
60	Audrey Gibson	1956	Florida State Senator
61	Audrey Crespo-Mara	1976	French journalist
62	Audrey Napoleon	1987	American model, singer-songwriter, record producer, remixer, and DJ
63	Audrey Linkenheld	1973	French politician
64	Audrey MacLean	1952	American businesswoman
65	Audrey Wise	1932	British politician
66	Audrey Lacroix	1983	Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games fold medallist, former world record-holder
67	Audrey De Montigny	1985	Canadian TV reality participant
68	Audrey Callaghan, Baroness Callaghan of Cardiff	1915	British politician
69	Audrey Riley		British musician
70	Audrey Wagner	1927	American baseball player
71	Audrey Young	1922	American actress
72	Audrey Käthe Scheele	2000	German actress
73	Audrey Peters	1927	American actress
74	Audrey Wood	1905	American literary agent
75	Audrey Hall		Jamaican musician
76	Audrey Grant	1940	Canadian contract bridge teacher, writer, and publisher
77	Audrey Jeffers	1898	Trinidad and tobago politician
78	Audrey Evans	1925
79	Audrey O'Brien		Canadian civil servant
80	Audrey White	1927
81	Audrey Fagan	1962	Australian police chief
82	Audrey Wurdemann	1911	American poet
83	Audrey Patterson	1926	Athletics competitor
84	Audrey Mildmay	1900	English-Canadian singer
85	Audrey Terras	1942	Mathematician
86	Audrey Alwett	1982	French writer
87	Audrey Cordon	1989	Racing cyclist
88	Audrey Thomas	1935	Canadian writer
89	Audrey Howard	1929	English novelist
90	Audrey Irmas		American philanthropist, art collector
91	Audrey Collier
92	Audrey Mbugua	1984	Kenyan transgender rights activist
93	Audrey Kuchen		American reporter
94	Audrey Smith	1915	British cryobiologist
95	Audrey Withers	1905	British magazine editor
96	Audrey Atterbury	1921	British puppeteer
97	Audrey Ferris	1909	American actress
98	Audrey Penn	1947	American children's writer
99	Audrey Benoît	1969	Canadian writer
100	Audrey Fildes	1922	British actress
101	Audrey G. Fleissig	1955	American judge
102	Audrey Marks	2000	Jamaican entrepreneur
103	Audrey Bastien	1991	French actress
104	Audrey Cohen	1931	American educator
105	Audrey B. Collins	1945	United States federal judge
106	Audrey Schuh	1931	Singer
107	Audrey Leunens	1980	Belgian journalist
108	Audrey Alloh	1987	Athletics competitor
109	Audrey Hylton-Foster, Baroness Hylton-Foster	1908	British Baroness
110	Audrey Joseph		American activist
111	Audrey Skirball-Kenis	1915	American philanthropist
112	Audrey Brown	1913	British athlete
113	Audrey Pheffer	1941	American politician
114	Audrey Smedley	1930	American anthropologist
115	Audrey Christie	1912	American actress
116	Audrey Emerton, Baroness Emerton	1935	Member of the UK House of Lords
117	Audrey A. McNiff		American businessman
118	Audrey Haine	1927	Played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
119	Audrey Sale-Barker	1903	British alpine skier
120	Audrey Arno	1942	German pop singer
121	Audrey Jean-Baptiste	1991
122	Audrey Stubbart	1895	American centenarian
123	Audrey Robichaud	1988	Canadian freestyle skier
124	Audrey Grevious	1930	Kentucky woman activist during the Civil Rights Era
125	Audrey Poitras	1950	Canadian politician
126	Audrey Jones	1934	British politician
127	Audrey McMahon	1898	Director of New York region of the Federal Art Project, director of College Art Association
128	Audrey Fouché	1981	French screenwriter and film director
129	Audrey Delsanti	1976	French astronomer
130	Audrey Bilger		American academic
131	Audrey Butt Colson		Social anthropologist
132	Audrey Jones Beck	1924	American philanthropist
133	Audrey Williamson	1926	British athlete
134	Audrey Stevens Niyogi	1932	American biochemist
135	Audrey Babcock		American operatic mezzo-soprano
136	Audrey McElmury	1943	American racing cyclist
137	Audrey Bleiler	1933	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
138	Audrey Gillan		British journalist
139	Audrey Scanlan		American bishop
140	Audrey Meaney	1931	Archaeologist
141	Audrey Capel Doray	1931
142	Audrey Alexandra Brown	1904	Canadian poet
143	Audrey Erskine Lindop	1920	British writer
144	Audrey Chapman	1899	American actress
145	Audrey Hannah	1982	German singer
146	Audrey Motaung	1960	German composer
147	Audrey Eagle	1925	New Zealand botanist
148	Audrey Mullender		British academic administrator
149	Audrey Bergot	1985	French tennis player
150	Audrey Arnott	1901	British medical illustrator
151	Audrey Juma		Pakistani academic
152	Audrey Cruddas	1912	Costume and scene designer, painter and potter
153	Audrey Scott	2002	American actress
154	Audrey Russell	1906	Radio commentator, war correspondent
155	Audrey Blignault	1916	South African writer
156	Audrey Disbury	1934	Cricketer
157	Audrey M. Shuey	1910	American psychologist
158	Audrey Ushenko	1945	American painter
159	Audrey P. Beck	1931
160	Audrey Peppe	1917	American figure skater
161	Audrey Rousseau		Canadian gymnast
162	Audrey Lawson-Johnston	1915
163	Audrey Labeau	1985	Olympic diver
164	Audrey DeWilder	1988	French actress
165	Audrey Sauret	1976	French basketball player
166	Audrey Jackson		Cricketer
167	Audrey Deroin	1989	French handball player
168	Audrey Garcia	1980
169	Audrey Vaillancourt	1991	Biathlete
170	Audrey Collins	1915	Cricketer
171	Audrey La Rizza	1981	Olympic judoka
172	Audrey Samson
173	Audrey Bruneau	1992	French handball player
174	Audrey O'Brien Nelson	1956	American nurse
175	Audrey Ngaere Gale	1909	Lawyer, local politician, community leader
176	Audrey Ajose
177	Audrey Hochberg	1933
178	Audrey Prieto	1980	French freestyle wrestler
179	Audrey Cahn	1905	Australian microbiologist and nutritionist
180	Audrey Vandervelden	1954	Canadian volleyball player
181	Audrey Elkington	1957	Archdeacon of Bodmin
182	Audrey Magee		Irish novelist and journalist
183	Audrey Lee	1985
184	Audrey Henshall	1927	British archaeologist
185	Audrey Wollen
186	Audrey Ciofani	1996	French athletics competitor
187	Audrey Parily	1979	French writer
188	Audrey Morris	1928	American pianist
189	Audrey Françaix	1980	French writer and editor
190	Audrey Deemer	1930	American baseball player
191	Audrey Parra	1987
192	Audrey Freyja Clarke		Figure skater
193	Audrey Guérit	1976	Olympic swimmer
194	Audrey Brettle	1937	Author and Salvation Army officer
195	Audrey Rorive	1973	Belgian politician
196	Audrey Lemieux	1985	Canadian bicycle racer
197	Ruth Churchill	1920	British cryptanalyst
198	Audrey Demoustier	1985	Association footballer
199	Audrey Kennedy	1978	Camogie player
200	Audrey Reader	1903	Australian politician and activist