| The boy name Aubrey [ comp. au-brey ] is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is AOBRiy KEY. Aubrey is used predominantly in the English language and it is derived from Germanic origins. Aubrey is a variant of the name Alberich (German). Aubrey is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1912, 0.052% of baby boys were given the name Aubrey. Its ranking then was #224. The baby name has since substantially fallen in popularity, and is currently of very light use. Out of all boy names in its group, Aubrey was nonetheless the most commonly used in 2007. Though Aubrey is more popular as a girl name today, there was a period before 1973 that it was given more often to boys. From 1974 on, increasingly more girls than boys were named Aubrey. In 2002, girls named Aubrey outnumbered boys by 10 times. Baby names that sound like Aubrey include the name Iver (Scandinavian) and the name Ivor (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Aubrey: AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
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