Audrey
| Audrey | |
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| Gender | female |
| Meaning | "noble strength" |
| Origin | Anglo-Saxon |
| Related names | Etheldreda, Ethel, Audie, Audra, Audrea |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Audrey |
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Audrey is a given name meaning "noble strength" from the old Anglo-Saxon Ethel.[1]. It was the name of Saint Audrey or Saint Æthelthryt, a 6th century saint.[2] Audrey was the 51st most popular name for girls born in 2007 in the United States and was the 173rd most common name for females in the United States in the 1990 census. It was also ranked in the top 100 most common names for girls in France, Belgium, and Canada in the past five years.[3] The name has gained some popularity due to the fame of the actress Audrey Hepburn.
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Famous Audreys
Famous people named Audrey include:
- Saint Audrey, Anglo-Norman form of Æthelthryth
- Audrey Brown (1913–2005), British athlete
- Audrey DeWilder, French actress
- Audrey de Montigny, French-Canadian singer
- Audrey Erskine-Lindop (1920–1986), British author
- Audrey Flack (* 1931), American artist
- Audrey Hepburn, actress and fashion model
- Audrey Hollander, American porn actress
- Audrey Landers (* 1956), American actress
- Audrey Lawson-Johnston (* 1915), last survivor of the shipwreck Lusitania
- Audrey Long, American actress
- Audrey Malte, alleged illegitimate daughter of Henry VIII and a royal laundress
- Audrey McLaughlin, Canadian politician, former leader of the New Democratic Party
- Audrey Meadows, American actress
- Audrey Mestre (1974–2002), French athlete
- Audrey Munson (1891–1996), American model and actress
- Audrey Niffenegger (* 1963), American novelist
- Audrey Patterson (1926–1996), American athlete
- Audrey Richards (1899–1984), British anthropologist
- Audrey Tang, Taiwanese software programmer
- Audrey Tautou, French actress
- Audrey Wells, American film director
- Audrey Williamson (* 1926), British athlete
Owarai
- Audrey (owarai), owarai of Japan.
Things
The name has also been given to several non-human entities, including:
- Hurricane Audrey, a 1957 hurricane that devastated Louisiana
- The 3Com Audrey, a short-lived Internet appliance
- Audrey Magazine, a magazine for Asian American women
Fiction
In fiction, the name has been used by:
- Audrey Fulquard, heroine of The Little Shop of Horrors, and her namesake "Audrey Jr." ("Audrey II" in the stage and 1986 film adaptations)
- Audrey Hanson, a minor character, an FBI agent in Heroes.
- Audrey Horne, a character on the television series Twin Peaks
- Audrey Roberts, a character on the British soap opera Coronation Street
- Audrey Raines, a character of the 24 (TV series).
- Audrey Reede, a character played by Maura Tierney in the firm Liar Liar
- 1902 book by Mary Johnston Audrey (book), and Audrey (film) was a silent film based on the book made in 1916.
- Audrey, a character in Shakespeare's As You Like It
Music
- Audrey, a Swedish music group
Similar Names
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