Audry as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Audry

What is the meaning of the name Audry ?

The baby name Audry is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɔːdri/ (AW-dree).

Audry is English in Origin.

Audry is a streamlined spelling of Audrey, ultimately from Old English Æðelþryð (æthel “noble” + þryð “strength”), yielding the meaning “noble strength.” Through medieval Latin Etheldreda and vernacular St. Audrey, the name traveled from Anglo-Saxon England into wider use, later settling into modern English as Audrey and its offshoot Audry.

The cult of St. Audrey, a 7th-century abbess of Ely, gave rise to “St. Audrey’s laces,” a fair trinket that later produced the word “tawdry.” While Audrey surged in the 20th century, helped by Audrey Hepburn, Audry appears in English and American records from the late 1800s onward, used for girls and occasionally boys; it also occurs as a French surname adopted as a given name. Variant forms include Audrey, Audrie, Audree, Audri, and Audrye; related medieval forms are Etheldreda and Athelreda. Short forms and nicknames include Aud, Dree, and Audie.