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Aubrey or Avery?

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Moonnie · 01/05/2017 12:42

We don't like Audrey.

Which do you prefer? Aubrey or Avery?

Can people please not be extremely negative? I can deal with some, but I'm extremely stressed. She needs to be registered soon and I'd really like it to be a name we like without being put off.

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Sophronia · 01/05/2017 17:03

I like Aubrey.

FrenchMartiniTime · 01/05/2017 16:47

I love Aubrey Smile

It's really strange that some posters say that they have only heard of this name being used on boys as I'm the complete opposite.

I have always associated Avery as a boys name and only ever heard girls being called Aubrey Confused

Joinourclub · 01/05/2017 16:41

I prefer Avery Ave -er - ree.

A names are great:
Amelie
Ariadne
Anya
Annie
Alicia
Aria

RedMetamorphosis · 01/05/2017 16:30

There's an Aubree on Teen Mom.
Love Aubrey for a boy, so probably Avery.

Everly has a similar sound, and I've only ever seen that as a girls name. Also love A name - Adelaide is my current favourite.

GuardianOfMyGalaxy · 01/05/2017 16:25

I love 'A' names. Prefer Aubrey to Avery.
Also love Addison, Adeline and Aurora.

Lemondrop09 · 01/05/2017 15:33

As mentioned above, I personally don't like that Aubrey is being used for girls - BUT I think both Avery and Aubrey are generally accepted as unisex these days and I don't see any reason why you can't use them for a girl. In fact, in real life (outside MN), Aubrey is currently more recognisable as a girls name (which I why we won't be using it for our boy Sad).

I would pronounce it Av-er-ry (rather than Ave-ry)

You could try flipping a coin. Heads Aubrey, Tails Avery. I'm not suggesting you actually use it to decide, but when it lands, I bet you'll have a gut feeling that is either pleased or disappointed and make you realise that you actually DO have a preference towards one.

villainousbroodmare · 01/05/2017 14:55

Both boys' names imo.

ErrolTheDragon · 01/05/2017 14:23

I think Avery is uncommon enough here that bar a few trekkies most people won't think of it as a particularly gendered name either way. It also has the option of shortening to Ava if she wanted.

blackcherries · 01/05/2017 14:04

Aubrey is a bit like Leslie (not Lesley) or Ashley - traditionally a boy's name but an American trend for using it as a girl's name in that country - not sure that trend has completely made it here although perhaps more recently...
Sounds like 'strawberry' which is no bad thing I suppose!
I prefer Avery though, have a friend whose new baby is called that.

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Moonnie · 01/05/2017 13:59

June 80 girls were given the name and 41 boys last year.

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juneau · 01/05/2017 13:58

Aubrey is used as a girls' name in the USA, but I've never heard it used her for girls. The only male of that name was an old man who lived near us!

I like Avery.

FluffyMcCloud · 01/05/2017 13:56

Out of those I'd pick Avery as I would assume Aubrey to be a boy's name.

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Moonnie · 01/05/2017 13:55

80 girls were given the name and 41 boys so it's definitely not going to be an issue imho.

I love how unusual it is (ranked 539) but still known Smile

Other choice was Olivia but I can't stand how popular

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MusicToMyEars800 · 01/05/2017 13:55

Sunshine I thought it sounded like a bird cage too, but wasn't entirely sure so didn't mention it in my previous post.

DramaAlpaca · 01/05/2017 13:53

They are both boys names, but if you want to give a girl a boys name that's your prerogative.

Of the two I'd pick Avery.

Sunshineandlaughter · 01/05/2017 13:47

Avery sounds like a bird cage. Aubrey is lovely.
Everly instead of Avery?

ErrolTheDragon · 01/05/2017 13:46

I thought Avery was a boy's name too? The only one I've ever heard of is Avery Brooks (Captain Sisko in Deep Space Nine). But google tells me it's becoming more popular as a girls' name - yes, why not, its's nice. Aubrey for a girl still sounds to me like it should have been Audrey.

GertrudeBelle · 01/05/2017 13:45

Your choice op. But I wasn't sure if you knew it was a boy's name. To me it would be like calling your little girl "David". To each their own! :)

SuperPug · 01/05/2017 13:44

It is traditionally male but has become popular as a female name in America. There's quite a few well known actresses with that name?
Avery is unusual but nice.

DurhamDurham · 01/05/2017 13:43

I like Aubrey and I'm sure that it's seen as a girls name now, the little girl who plays Lilly on Modern Family is Aubrey.

MusicToMyEars800 · 01/05/2017 13:43

OP, I think Aubrey was on that teen mom programme, it is a girls name and a nice one at that Smile

MusicToMyEars800 · 01/05/2017 13:40

I like Aubrey, and I have definitely heard it as a girls name, I just can't remember where, it was on a tv show. but Avery is equally as nice, it's a tough choice.

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Moonnie · 01/05/2017 13:40

Not to be rude Gert but 1. please read my OP! Smile 2. Aubrey is slowly becoming a girls name and I really do believe it will end up being like Darcy, Courtney, etc.

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GertrudeBelle · 01/05/2017 13:38

Aubrey is lovely but is definitely a boy's name.

Audrey?

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Moonnie · 01/05/2017 13:35

Would you pronounce Avery as Av-er-y and not Ave-ry?

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