Audrey

English
"noble strength"

Audrey Origin and Meaning

The name Audrey is a girl's name of English origin meaning "noble strength".

Audrey is one of the girls' names that have been rising due to their connection to Old Hollywood glamour—in this case the eternally chic and radiant Audrey Hepburn. Audrey has another very different appeal as one of the elite group of girl names that mean strong, brave, or powerful.

Audrey is derived from the Anglo-Saxon Aethelthryth, the name that later evolved into Etheldred or Etheldreda. St. Audrey was a seventh century saint who was particularly revered in the Middle Ages. Her name led to the term tawdry, as cheap lace necklaces were sold at the St. Audrey fair. Shakespeare bestowed her name on a character in As You Like It.

Celebrities who have chosen Audrey include Greg Kinnear, Steve Zahn, and Faith Hill & Tim McGraw.

A current representative is the French actress Audrey Tautou—who made her mark in Amelie, The Da Vinci Code, and as Coco Chanel—and who shares some of the charm of Audrey Hepburn.

# 74 in the US

Audrey Rank in US Top 1000

# 87 on Nameberry

Audrey Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Audrey Popularity

Famous People Named Audrey

  • Audrey Kathleen Hepburn
    Dutch,British actress
  • Audrey Justine Tautou
    French actress
  • Audrey Lynn Kitching
    American model, designer, fashion blogger
  • Audrey Faith Perry
    birthname of Faith Hill, American singer
  • Audrey Landers
    American actress and singer
  • Audrey Kathryn Lindvall
    American model
  • Audrey Long
    American actress
  • Audrey Claire Bennett
    American actress
  • Audrey Meadows
    American actress
  • Audrey Nicole Assad
    American Christian singer
  • Audrey Dalton
    Irish actress
  • Audrey Marie Anderson
    American model and actress
  • Audrey Quock
    American model
  • Audrey Wood (b. Susan Brewer)
    American children's author
  • Audrey Reid
    Jamaican actress
  • Audrey Mary Totter
    American actress
  • Audrey Roloff
    wife of reality TV personality Jeremy Roloff of "Little People, Big World"
  • Audrey Niffenegger
    American novelist
  • Audrey Tomason
    American national security adviser
  • Audrey Grey Whitby
    American actress
  • Audrey Marnay
    French model
  • Audrey Wauchope
    television writer
  • Audrey Marie Munson
    artists' model considered America's 'First Supermodel'
  • Audrey Puente
    American meteorologist; daughter of bandleader Tito Puente
  • Audrey Pence (b. 1995)
    daughter of U.S. VP Mike Pence
  • Audrey Purcell (b. 2001)
    daughter of actor Dominic Purcell
  • Audrey Caroline McGraw (b. 2001)
    daughter of singers Faith Hill & Tim McGraw
  • Audrey Mae Kinnear (2006)
    daughter of actor Greg Kinnear
  • Audrey Caroline Smith (b. 2008)
    late daughter of singer Todd Smith of Selah
  • Audrey Caroline Vogel Howard (b. 2008)
    daughter of actress Darlene Vogel and Mark Howard
  • Audrey Jane Cheetwood (b. 2010)
    daughter of actors Derk Cheetwood & Cari Costner; great,niece of actor Kevin Costner
  • Audrey Ovendon (b. 2011)
    daughter of singers Julian Ovendon & Kate Royal
  • Audrey van der Heijden
    Dutch actress

Audrey in Pop Culture

  • Audrey
    minor character in Shakespeare's "As You Like It"
  • Audrey Bingham
    character on TV's "Rules of Engagement"
  • Audrey Griffin
    from "Where'd You Go Bernadette"
  • Audrey Griswold
    from "National Lampoon's Vacation" series
  • Audrey Horne
    character on TV's "Twin Peaks"
  • Audrey Liddell
    character on TV's "Dawson's Creek"
  • Audrey Parker
    character on TV's "Haven"
  • Audrey Rocio Ramirez
    Disney's "Atlantis: The Lost Empire"
  • Audrey Sweeney
    TV's "Durham County"
  • Audrey and Audrey II
    from musical "Little Shop of Horrors"
  • Miss Audrey
    character on TV's 'The Paradise"
  • Audrey Raines
    character on TV's "24"
  • Audrey
    character in Lisi Harris' "The Pretenders"
  • Audrey Parker
    character on TV's "The 4400"
  • Audrey Hart
    character on TV's "True Detective"
  • Audrey Dunn
    character from "Unbreakable"
  • Audrey Roberts
    from British soap "Coronation Street"
  • Audrey Curtis
    character in novel "The Lifeboat Clique"
  • Audrey
    daughter of Aurora in Disney's "Descendants"
  • Audrey Weasley
    Percy Weasley's wife in "Harry Potter"
  • Audrey Brown
    heroine of Robin Jarvis' "Deptford Mice"
  • Audrey Jensen
    a main character on MTV's "Scream"
  • Audrey Tindall
    from "American Horror Story: Roanoke"
  • Audrey Cobalt
    character in the Addicted Series
  • Audrey Penney
    character in the sitcom "Ellen"
  • Audrey Bourgeois
    character in the animated series "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir"
  • Audrey Rose Wadsworth
    main character in the "Stalking Jack the Ripper" series by Kerri Maniscalco