Audrey
Meaning of Audrey
Audrey is the English form of the Old English name Æðelþryð, formed from æðel, meaning “noble,” and þryð, meaning “strength.” Name dictionaries generally give the meaning as “noble strength.” It was borne by St. Audrey, a seventh-century East Anglian princess who became abbess of Ely and was widely venerated in medieval England.
The name is pronounced AW-dree in both American and British English, with the stress on the first syllable.
The best-known modern bearer is Audrey Hepburn, the Oscar-winning British actress and fashion icon. The French actress Audrey Tautou is also widely recognized.
In the United States, Audrey rose sharply in the early 2000s, from No. 115 in 2000 to a peak of No. 33 in 2013, when 5,605 girls were given the name. It has since eased gradually. In 2025 it ranked No. 86, with 2,919 births.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as AW-dree (/ˈɔdri/)
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Notable People Named Audrey
| Audrey Hepburn was a British actress and fashion icon ranked by AFI as the third greatest female screen legend, inducted into the International Best Dressed Hall of Fame, and among the few to win an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony. |
| Audrey Justine Tautou is a French actress who began on television at 18 and won the Cesar Award for Most Promising Actress for her acclaimed 1999 film debut in Venus Beauty Institute. |
| Audrey Louise Grevious was a central civil rights leader in Lexington and across Kentucky. |
| Audrey Niffenegger is an American writer, artist, and academic best known for her 2003 bestseller The Time Traveler's Wife. |
| Audrey Gelman is an American entrepreneur and political aide who founded The Wing in New York City and inspired the character Marnie on Girls. |
| American attorney Audrey Strauss served as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2020 to 2021 after Geoffrey Berman was removed, later receiving unanimous court appointment. |
| Audrey Haine Daniels was a right-handed pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1944 to 1951. |
| Audrey Forbes Manley was an American pediatrician and public health leader who broke barriers as the first African American woman chief resident at Cook County Childrens Hospital, later becoming Assistant Surgeon General and president of Spelman College. |
| Audrey Walker was a British textile artist and teacher, active from the 1970s to the 1990s, known for innovative figurative wall hangings stitched by machine and hand, a process she likened to drawing with fabric. |
| Audrey Grace McCall was an American activist and environmentalist, Oregon’s First Lady from 1967 to 1975, who later championed bipartisan causes, especially land use protections. |
| Audrey Evelyn Jones, an English teacher and advocate for the rights of women, rose to deputy head at St Cyres School, championed education for girls and research on sexism, campaigned with the Wales Assembly of Women, and was honored with memorial awards and archived papers in Glamorgan. |
| Audrey Gladys Donnithorne was a British Chinese political economist and missionary who helped rebuild the Catholic Church in China, especially in Sichuan, after the Cultural Revolution. |
| Audrey Gwendoline Long was an American stage and screen actress known for 1940s low-budget films like Tall in the Saddle with John Wayne, Wanderer of the Wasteland, Born to Kill, and Desperate. |
| Audrey Chu, known as Audrey Nuna, is an American singer and rapper from New Jersey signed to Arista Records, best known for the singles Damn Right and Comic Sans and for providing the singing voice of Mira in the film KPop Demon Hunters. |
