Aubrey

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[edit] Etymology

From the French names Aubrey, Aubrée and Aubry; derived ultimately from the Germanic name Alberic, alb "elf" + ric "power".

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Singular Aubrey

Plural -

Aubrey

1. An English patronymic surname.
2. A male given name from the same source, or transferred from the surname.
   • 1595, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 3, Act III,Scene III:

     Call him my king, by whose injurious doom / My elder brother, the Lord Aubrey Vere, / Was done to death?

3. A female given name of American usage since the 1970s.