Aubrey

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Aubrey (Template:IPAc-en) is a unisex English name. It was common for men and women in the Middle Ages, but had lost favour for a time before experiencing a resurgence of popularity for men in the 19th century.<ref name="Hanks Hardcastle Hodges 2006" /><ref name="E. G. Withycombe 1977" />

In the United States, following the 1973 release of the song "Aubrey", by the band Bread, Aubrey began increasing in popularity as a given name for girls, potentially influenced by its similarity to Audrey.<ref name="Hanks Hardcastle Hodges 2006" /><ref name="SSA Name Stats">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2023, Aubrey was the 101st most popular girls' name in the United States.<ref name="SSA Name Stats" />

Etymology

Template:Sister project The medieval masculine name Aubrey is from the Norman French derivation Aubry of the Germanic given name Alberic / Old High German given name Alberich,<ref>Albert Dauzat (préface de Marie-Thérèse Morlet), Noms et prénoms de France, éditions Larousse 1980, p. 14b.</ref> which consists of the elements alb 'elf' and ric 'power' or 'ruler',<ref name="Hanks Hardcastle Hodges 2006" /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Before being largely replaced by Aubrey after the Norman Conquest of England, the Anglo-Saxons used the native form Ælfrīc.<ref name="Hanks Hardcastle Hodges 2006" />

The medieval feminine name "Aubrey" was independently derived from the Norman French derivation of the Germanic name Albreda, which consists of the elements alb 'elf' and radi 'council', it had fallen out of use entirely by the 15th century.<ref name="E. G. Withycombe 1977" /> The form Aubrée was common in Normandy pre-conquest.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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