Audrey

From Old English Æðelþryð, from Æðel (“noble”) +‎ þryð (“strength”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːdɹi/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːdɹi
• Hyphenation: Au‧drey

Audrey

1. A female given name from Old English.
   • c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     : Act III, Scene III:

     Touchstone. Come, sweet Audrey, / We must be married, or we must live in bawdry.

   • 2004, Anne Frasier, Play dead, →ISBN:

     She hates her name. What was wrong with the name Audrey? It may not have been something Elise would choose now, but she'd been eighteen when her daughter was born, and the name had seemed pretty damn cool.

2. (very rare) A male given name from Old English.

• tawdry, derived from "Saint Audrey".

• Duryea

Borrowed from English Audrey.

• IPA^(key): /o.dʁɛ/, /o.dʁe/, /o.dʁi/

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Audrey f

1. a female given name from English, popular in the 1980s
2. (very rare) a male given name from English
3. (very rare) a unisex given name from English

Borrowed from English Audrey.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔodɾi/, [ˈʔod.ɾɪ]

Audrey

1. a female given name from English