Aubrey

proper nounattested in dialogue

//ˈɔːbɹi//

An English patronymic surname.

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.

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.

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Aubrey · An English patronymic surname.

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