Audrey (name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Audrey


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pronunciation = "AW-dree"; "Au-Dré"
gender = Female
meaning = "Noble Strength"
region = England
origin = Old English
related names = Audree, Audelia, Audene, Audessa, Audi, Audie, Audra, Audrea, Audreen, Audri, Audria, Audrie, Audrielle, Audrina, Audris, Audry and Audrye
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Audrey (a(u)-drey, aud-rey) is a feminine and masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "noble strength". It is also related to the the word "tawdry" by association with Saint Audrey because of the goods sold at Saint Audrey's Fair, England. The name also is associated with Shakespeare in his comedy "As You Like It". Audrey has many variants forms. [cite web |url=http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search.php?g=0&t=1&s=Audrey |title=Audrey - name meaning & origin |publisher=thinkbabynames.com |accessdate=2008-03-24]

aints

* Saint Audrey, simplification of Æthelthryth, 6th century English princess

Given name

* Audrey NicPool, Irish actress
* Audrey DeWilder, French actress
* Audrey de Montigny, French-Canadian singer
* Audrey Hepburn, actress and former goodwill ambassador for the UNICEF Foundation
* Audrey Gibson, homeless rights activist
* Audrey Hollander, American porn star
* Audrey Landers, American actress ("Dallas") and singer
* Audrey Kitching,American Model
* Audrey Long, American actress
* Audrey McLaughlin, Canadian politician, Leader of the New Democratic Party
* Audrey Meadows, American actress
* Audrey Munson, American silent-film actress and model
* Audrey Santo, young American woman through whom miracles were said to have happened
* Audrey Tautou, French actress
* Audrey Vandervelden, Canadian volleyball player
* Audrey Wells, American film director

In fiction and fictional characters

* Audrey, in Shakespeare's "As You Like It"
* Audrey, in Markus Zusak's book "I am the messenger"
* Audrey (book), written in 1902 by Mary Johnston
** Audrey (film), 1916 silent film based on the book
* Audrey Brown, city mouse from the books "The Deptford Mice Trilogy"
* Audrey Fulquard, heroine of "The Little Shop of Horrors"
** "Audrey Jr.", "Audrey II", namesake in the stage and 1986 film adaptations
* Audrey Hanson, FBI agent in "Heroes"
* Audrey Raines, of the TV series "24"
* Audrey Roberts, of the British soap opera "Coronation Street"
* Audrey Spears (aka Prysm), DC Comics superhero member of the Teen Titans
* Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, central character in British TV comedy To The Manor Born

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