Audrey debate

catwine

I recently told my husband I like the name Audrey for future daughter and he said it's a boy name.  I can only find info that supports my thinking of it begin a girl name but my husband is convinced it's an old  English male name (and I think I had a male customer at work answer to his wife calling "Audrey").  

Do you think it's traditionally a male or female name?

AnotherSun

Maybe he confused it with Adrian? I have only ever heard of female Audrey's though

firsttimeauntie

I believe Audrey is a girl name. Is he maybe thinking of Aubrey?

AF9211

Maybe he's thinking of Aubrey...that's traditionally a male's name.

moonfaerie

He is confusing it with Aubrey. Audrey is a feminine name.

greysweatshirt

my best friend in elem school was a girl named Aubrey... sooooo that doesn't help

catwine

I just told my husband that Audrey is a girl name and he said "I don't remember having that conversation at all"! 

caslong

My great aunts name is Audrey. Only heard of it as a girl's name.

saham07

I have a daughter named Audrey, and I remember when researching the name, reading that the name Audrey was originally a male name.....specifically old English ......so we had to have read the same thing.

daystardreams

The maintenance man at my first apartment is named Audrey. It is also my niece's name.

4N6s

I've never known a boy named Audrey.

2ndGeneration

 I've only known very old men named Audrey-anyone under say 60 or so I've known with that name is a female. So it seems to be a female name in recent history, but was a mans name long ago.

saham07

dreadpiratebuttercup said:

I feel like there may be a lot of confusion here between Audrey and Aubrey...

nope, I just looked it up again and it is listed as m/f name on a few sites. When naming my daughter, I read it in a book.

saham07

dreadpiratebuttercup said:

dreadpiratebuttercup said:

I feel like there may be a lot of confusion here between Audrey and Aubrey...

nope, I just looked it up again and it is listed as m/f name on a few sites. When naming my daughter, I read it in a book.

Which sites would those be? I like reading about the history and linguistics behind names.

https://www.baby-boy-names.org/a/audrey.htm Here is one. I can't remember which other one I was on last night. I will keep looking.

lauren_m

Audrey Hepburn!! Definitely feminine. A lot of names double like that. My name is Lauren, which is traditionally a woman's name, but I've met some men named Lauren.

saham07

lauren_m said:

Audrey Hepburn!! Definitely feminine. A lot of names double like that. My name is Lauren, which is traditionally a woman's name, but I've met some men named Lauren.

I had a male cousin named Loren .....sounds the same as Lauren