Aubrey

[aw-bree]

noun

John,1626–97, English antiquary.

a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “elf” and “ruler.”

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Examples from the Web for aubrey

Contemporary Examples of aubrey

My wife (Susie Hariet) was pregnant with our second child (they have two children, daughter Willow, 4, and son Aubrey, 2).
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Tim Teeman
September 19, 2014
Aubrey Lee Price disappeared in 2012, allegedly suicidal over the millions he was found to have embezzled from his banking job.
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January 3, 2014
So Aubrey Plaza (who plays April) is really like that in real life?
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Abby Haglage
November 12, 2013
It stars me and Aubrey Plaza, John C. Reilly and Molly Shannon.
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Anna Klassen
October 20, 2013
Drake's Bar Mitzvah Dance No 13-year-old has ever had as much swagger as Drake, then simply Aubrey Graham, at his bar mitzvah.
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Kevin Fallon
August 14, 2013

Historical Examples of aubrey

Your past history is known but to the good old Aubrey and myself.
Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
My dear Evelyn, you are born to spoil every one—from Sultan to Aubrey.
Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
No, my dear, you are too noisy; these children are quite spoiled, Mr. Aubrey.
Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Selfish as the nature of this complaint might be, Aubrey was struck with its justice.
Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Aubrey mentions this as having been "written in Dublin, and never printed."
Shakespearean Playhouses
Joseph Quincy Adams

British Dictionary definitions for aubrey

Aubrey

noun

John. 1626–97, English antiquary and author, noted for his vivid biographies of his contemporaries, Brief Lives (edited 1898)

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Word Origin and History for aubrey

Aubrey

masc. personal name, from Old French Auberi, from Old High German Alberich "ruler of elves," or *Alb(e)rada "elf-counsel" (fem.). In U.S., it began to be used as a girl's name c.1973 and was among the top 100 given names for girls born 2006-2008, eclipsing its use for boys, which faded in proportion.