Audrey

English

Etymology

From Middle English Aldreda, Etheldreda, from Old English Æþelþrȳþ (from æþele (“noble”) +‎ þrȳþ (“strength”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːdɹi/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːdɹi/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔːdɹi
• Hyphenation: Au‧drey

Proper noun

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, [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.

Related terms

• tawdry (derived from Saint Audrey)

Translations

female given name

• Bulgarian: О́дри f (Ódri) (transliteration)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧德麗 / 奥德丽 (Àodélì)

• French: Audrey (fr) f
• Greek: Εθελδρέδα f (Etheldréda), Όντρεϊ (el) f (Óntreï), Ωντρέ f (Ontré)

  Ancient Greek: Ἐθελδρέδα f (Etheldréda)

• Japanese: オードリー (Ōdorī)
• Latin: Etheldreda f
• Marathi: ऑड्री f (ŏḍrī)
• Old English: Æðelþryð
• Russian: О́дри (ru) f (Ódri) (transliteration)

Anagrams

• Duryea

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Audrey.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (France):

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Proper noun

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Audrey.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔodɾi/ [ˈʔod̪.ɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -odɾi
• Syllabification: Aud‧rey

Proper noun

Audrey (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. a female given name from English