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Auberon - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Auberon

[ syll. au-be-ron, aub-er-on ] The boy name Auberon is pronounced AO-BEHRahN KEY. Auberon is of Germanic origin and it is used mainly in English. The meaning of Auberon is 'noble bear; elf ruler, supernaturally powerful'. The name is of disputed origin. It could be from the first element adal ('noble, honorable') or alf ('elf, supernatural being'), with the second element ber ('bear'), and thus either a variant of Adalbero or a pet form of Alberich, as was used in Germanic legend. The form Oberon later appeared in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1594-1596) as the name of the king of the fairies. The name was first adopted by English speakers in the 19th century. Bron (short form in English) and Oberon (spelling variant in English) are forms of the name. See also the related forms, Adalbero (German) and Alberich (German).

Auberon is not popular as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Auberon include Abarran (Basque), Aberham (English), Abramo (Italian and Spanish), Afrimi (Albanian), Avraham (Hebrew), Efrayim (English and Hebrew), Abraam (Spanish), Abrahamo (Esperanto, Italian, and Spanish), Abrahan (Portuguese and Spanish), Abrahán (Spanish), Abram (English, Hebrew, and Russian), Abran (English and Spanish), Afrim (Albanian), Auburn (English), Aviram (Hebrew), Avrum (Yiddish), Efraim (English, German, and Hebrew), Efrain (Spanish), Efraín (Spanish), and Efren (English and Spanish).

A famous person named Auberon is Auberon Waugh, Journalist, born Auberon Alexander Waugh 17 November 1939 - 16 January 2001, Pixton Park, Dulverton, Somerset, England.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Auberon: AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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