Aubrey
/ˈɔːbɹi/ name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 An English patronymic surname.
- 2 A male given name from the Germanic languages or transferred from the surname.
"Call him my king, by whose injurious doom / My elder brother, the Lord Aubrey Vere, / Was done to death?"
- 3 A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later American usage.
- 4 A locality in the Shire of Yarriambiack, north western Victoria, Australia.
Example
More examples"Call him my king, by whose injurious doom / My elder brother, the Lord Aubrey Vere, / Was done to death?"
Etymology
From Middle English Aubrey, Aubry, from Norman Auberi, Alberi, from Latin Alberīcus, Latinized form of Old High German Alberich, from Proto-Germanic *Albirīks, from *albiz (“elf, fairy”) + *rīks (“king, ruler”). Possibly influenced by Gaulish Albiorīx (literally "ruler of the world"). Cognates include German Alberich and Italian Alberico.