Audrey
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English Æðelþryð (from æþele (“noble”) + þryþ (“strength”)).
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Proper noun edit
Audrey
- 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, [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.
- (very rare) A male given name from Old English.
Related terms edit
- tawdry, derived from "Saint Audrey".
Translations edit
female given name
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French edit
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Audrey f
- a female given name from English, popular in the 1980s
- (very rare) a male given name from English
- (very rare) a unisex given name from English
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔodɾi/, [ˈʔod.ɾɪ]
- Rhymes: -odɾi
- Syllabification: Aud‧rey
Proper noun edit
Audrey (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ)
- a female given name from English