Aubrey Family History
Aubrey Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English male personal name Albry Aubry or Aubery a borrowing of Old French Alberi Aubri (from ancient Germanic Alberic which is composed of the elements alb ‘elf’ and ric ‘powerful’). English: from the Middle English female personal name Albrey Aubrey a borrowing from Old French Albree Aubree Auberee (from ancient Germanic Albrad(a)). English: variant of Abery a habitational name from a local pronunciation of Avebury Wiltshire. The placename derives from Old English burh ‘stronghold fortified place’ with an uncertain first element possibly the Old English personal name Afa. English: occasionally a variant of Horbury a habitational name from Horbury in Wakefield Yorkshire meaning ‘fortification on the dirty land’ from Old English horu ‘filth dirt’ + burh ‘fortified place’. Altered form of French Aubry a cognate of 1 above. Compare Obrey .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022