Aubree or Aubrey?

[NoRainNoRainbow]

Posting on behalf of a friend....

Her DGM was Audrey, and has heard of Aubrey (think its American?)

What do we all think?

Would it be Aubrey, or Aubree? If Aubree would it have an accent over the last e? (We need our dunce caps on as we don't know what the accent over an e actually means/is pronounced/is appropriate )

TIA

Aubrey, have heard it before, lovely.

Aubrey - it's a variant of Auberon/Oberon, the king of the fairies.

I always thought Aubrey was a boys name?

(and the accent would be acute - sloping from bottom left to top right - would go over the penultimate e and make it aub-ray)

The French spell it Oberon or Auberon, btw.

Aubrey

Aubrey is a boy's name

It's a boys' name. I usually like unisex names, but I really dislike Aubrey used for a girl.

Aubrey is a boy's name, and IMO is awful for a girl.

Sorry, that was a bit of a useless post: I meant that I don't think there is a further shortened version in French. But if there was, I think it would be would be Aubré (ée would inappropriately change the sex).

I know a 5 year old Aubrey.

He's a boy.

If you want a variant of Audrey (which I do like), what about Audra, Audrea, Audrine, Audrina, Audriana?

Absolutely love Aubrey for a little girl, and if I have a second I will be using it. I don't like Aubree but I hate alternative spellings of any name.

Aubrey definitely.

But as others have said it's a variant of Auberon - who was king of the fairies.

You might think "but nobody would know that" but they will do.

OP doesn't say the sex of the baby.

Aubrey is definitely a boys name.

Aubrey- reminds me if Aubrey

Oops, I clearly hadn't finished!

Anyway it reminds me of Aubrey Plaza who is awesome and female.

Thank you all

She was thinking Aubrey Rose.

(Not keen on Aubree either, there was a little girl on tv with it spelt like this so we didnt know if this was right )

Is it a boys name? It feels so feminine to me.

Audrey is much nicer for a girl.

I'm really surprised people are so attached to genders for names. I know DC with straightforwardly other gender names (think James for a girl) and it's wonderful! who cares.

OP, Aubrey Rose is lovely.

rooty do you think Sophie is nice for a boy?

The thing with "genderless" names is that people actually just mean "boys names you can use on girls". It doesn't go the other way.

Audrey Rose is nicer though.

I know two Aubreys - both male

well without wanting to derail the OP's thread Alis, that is imo about the legitimacy of so called male and female qualities and characteristics. Heaven forbid a man be tainted with something feminine.

I know some boys with girlish names, though not girls' names, you're right - but that doesn't put me off my approach - just think the world is wrong

rooty

Tis true,"boy" names become spectacularly unpopular once they've become common use for girls. I find this kind of thing really interesting,popularity of names and why etc.