Autry

French surname
"noble strength"

Autry Origin and Meaning

The name Autry is a boy's name of French origin meaning "noble strength".

Loose, lean, and lanky cowboy-sounding names have become a recent trend, but how about the name of a real one--the Singing Cowboy Gene. Autry might be thought of as a masculine spin on the fashionable Audrey or a fresher version of Austin or Auden.

Some other cowboy surnames from the Golden Age of movie and TV westerns: Boone, Boyd, Cody, Corrigan, Gibson, Hart, Holt, Houston, McCoy and Renaldo.

# 960 in the US

Autry Rank in US Top 1000

Autry Popularity

Famous People Named Autry

  • Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr.
    aka Junior Walker, American R&B singer
  • Gene Autry
    American actor and singer