Origin and popularity of the name AUBRY

Origin

Aubry : 1: French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Alberic composed of the elements alb ‘elf’ and ric ‘powerful’. Compare Aubrey and Obrey.2: French Canadian: altered form of Irish O'Brennan an Anglicized form of Ó Braonáin (see Brennan 2).

Aubrey : 1: English: from the Middle English male personal name Albry Aubry or Aubery a borrowing of Old French Alberi Aubri (from ancient Germanic Alberic which is composed of the elements alb ‘elf’ and ric ‘powerful’).2: English: from the Middle English female personal name Albrey Aubrey a borrowing from Old French Albree Aubree Auberee (from ancient Germanic Albrad(a)).3: English: variant of Abery a habitational name from a local pronunciation of Avebury Wiltshire. The placename derives from Old English burh ‘stronghold fortified place’ with an uncertain first element possibly the Old English personal name Afa.4: English: occasionally a variant of Horbury a habitational name from Horbury in Wakefield Yorkshire meaning ‘fortification on the dirty land’ from Old English horu ‘filth dirt’ + burh ‘fortified place’.5: Altered form of French Aubry a cognate of 1 above. Compare Obrey.

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