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If an Aubrey was written on your class list, would you think boy or girl?

196 replies

didntshe · 28/08/2017 17:02

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BuzzKillington · 28/08/2017 20:12

Boy! And my parents' (boy) dog.

RoseAndRose · 28/08/2017 20:11

Boy

wizzler · 28/08/2017 20:10

Boy

Coey2016 · 28/08/2017 20:08

Boy

17caterpillars1mouse · 28/08/2017 19:46

Girl

Ellapaella · 28/08/2017 19:45

Boy

Nat1512 · 28/08/2017 19:38

Girl

youarenotkiddingme · 28/08/2017 19:35

This is why meeting your class at transition days is helpful Grin

And one of those activities is taking a photo of them!

Mind you my mother is a teacher and named me a unisex name which is considered male in U.K. And more often female in America.
This is before the day of digital photos etc!

QOD · 28/08/2017 19:32

I know of a girl
Aubrey. Saw lots of photos on Facebook and realised when she was about 1 that she was a girl
Boys name
For sure

RhubardGin · 28/08/2017 19:28

Girl

I've only known girl Aubrey's Smile

harrietm87 · 28/08/2017 19:24

It's a boys' name

PeachIcedT · 28/08/2017 19:22

I'd also associate it with a girl due to Aubrey O'Day, especially as in one song I remember her singing "My name is Aubrey" as part of it and it's stuck in my head.

woodhill · 28/08/2017 19:21

Aubrey was her name - song by Bread

elevenclips · 28/08/2017 19:21

I know a male Aubrey so I'd think boy

CountFosco · 28/08/2017 19:21

Turquoise0wl of course Grin.

HarrietVane99 · 28/08/2017 19:19

But I know of an older woman called Michael.

'Miss Michael Learned' played the mother in The Waltons. She was 'Miss' in the opening credits, presumably to ensure viewers weren't confused.

Aubrey has always been a boy's name as far as I'm concerned, but as pp have said, you never know these days.

Bellaposy · 28/08/2017 19:17

Boy - I know one aged 1.

AlexanderHamilton · 28/08/2017 19:17

Boy.

khaleesi71 · 28/08/2017 19:15

My US friend called her baby girl Aubrey and we were all a bit Hmm and when she registered the birth she was mildly cross that we hadn't told her Aubrey was a boys name in the UK. I think the registrar seemed put out by friends choice of name!! She's a lovely girl and her name suits her perfectly. Serves us right for being Hmm and think anything goes nowadays - although Sunshine Purple Moonbeam should never catch on Grin

Polista · 28/08/2017 19:13

Boy

Gremlinothefirst · 28/08/2017 19:12

It's a boy's name.

But, I would be open to the possibility of an American parent or uninformed British parent giving it to a girl. Not because they are being knowingly subversive but because they don't realise it's not a girl's name. I would silently judge them Grin

Jupitertomars · 28/08/2017 19:11

Girl

Turquoise0wl · 28/08/2017 19:10

@CountFosco - I assume you feel the same about Darcy, Courtney, etc.???

Yogagirl123 · 28/08/2017 19:05

UK Boy US Girl

demirose87 · 28/08/2017 19:03

Girl but that's because I know a female baby Aubrey

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