Aubrey

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IS it too much like Audrey?

My grandfather was Aubrey and he wasn't especially posh. I think it was a relatively common name in the early 20th c.

I like Aubrey. Don't know any, so it doesn't have any (posh or otherwise) associations. You make of your name what YOU are anyway.

I see it as a veh, veh posh name.

Unless you're in America and it's been turned into a girls name! This has happened with Rory too.

Craziness.

I have a relative with this name.
He is very, very camp.

It suits him !

Just saying.

I LOVE the name Aubrey and wish I had the confidence to use it. However as our surname is double-baralleled but we are not remotely posh and live very ordinary lives I fear it would come across as trying too hard.

I like it. DH said it sounded Au-ful.

Aubrey is a variant of Oberon/Auberon, and is traditionally a male name in Europe.

Audrey has a strong association in UK with the long standing (and still current) character in Coronation Street.

I quite like Aubrey, and don't know any, so don't have any associations.

hate it hate it hate it.

Sorry :(

i think it's a gorgeous name. have never heard of it as a boy's name and it's much prettier than audrey.

I like Aubrey. And I don't at all associate it with Audrey - it has a different, stronger feel to it imo.

Yet another Zombie thread.

Zombie thread ...??

I love it! I know 2 Aubreys - they are very posh mind.

Nice. My dad had a friend called Aubrey, who was neither posh nor camp. I never met anyone else of that name.

A zombie thread is a thread which has been resurrected after a long time.This thread is from 2010.
It's very annoying when people bump threads from years ago rather than starting a new one.

Auberon as an alternative?

I wouldn't know if male or female