Audrey: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced AWD-ree · 2 syllables

Audrey means “noble strength”, from English.

From Middle English Aldreda, Etheldreda, from Old English Aethelthryth (from aethele (“noble”) + thryth (“strength”)).

How popular is Audrey?

Audrey was the #86 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,919 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 43% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1920.

Babies named Audrey in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1920).

Half of US adults named Audrey are older than 42; most are between 19 and 86. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Audrey have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Audrey means “noble strength”. It comes from English.

Audrey is pronounced AWD-ree.

Audrey was the #86 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,919 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 43% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1920.

Half of US adults named Audrey are older than 42. Most are between 19 and 86.