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AUDREY - Hepburn or Corrie?

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DomesticG0ddess · 06/04/2010 19:16

I don't even know if I am having a girl, but I just love this name. However, my mum is a ridiculous soap watcher and I just know what her first comment would be. Which makes me think maybe other people would think of that old woman in Coronation Street (is she still in it, if not then perhaps that would help?).

I haven't come across any Audrey's at all. What do you think?

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birdsandblossoms · 06/04/2010 21:28

at the risk of outing myself Audrey is my name and i love it and alwys have not sure if my Mum named me after Audrey Hepburn i was born in the early 60s. i love the song by Bread Aubrey and always insist that it should be Audrey as i though Aubrey ws a boys name

CelticStarlight · 07/04/2010 02:39

I think of the character Audrey in 24.

CheerfulYank · 07/04/2010 02:46

Love Audrey. It's popular here in America but not too popular. Of course we don't have Coronation Street here so I don't have that association. But very pretty IMO!

5DollarShake · 07/04/2010 10:03

Audrey is far, far preferable to Aubrey which to me is a boy's name. Although on googling that image, I did get a load of pictures of some tango-ed, blond acrylic-extensioned, pneumatic-titted woman, so perhaps it is a girl's name, too.

Audrey is far more elegant, though!

legallyblond · 07/04/2010 11:43

I think of my old flatmate and friend who was French - THE most chic/cool person I have ever known! I love it! Only thing is what would/could it be shortened to?

AllieW · 07/04/2010 12:11

Aubrey IS a boy's name, although it has been hijacked for girls in recent years as has Rhys/Reece (owing to Reece Witherspoon, I think, although in her case it was her mother's maiden name and it is not really her first name, but that's by the by.).

But to get to the point, I associate Audrey with Audrey Hepburn. However, I'm not keen on the name. Partly because it was the name of a schoolfriend's mother who was not particularly pleasant and partly because I don't find it aesthetically pleasing. Sorry.

GooseyLoosey · 07/04/2010 12:15

I think of the ostrich in 64 Zoo Lane. A sad sign of how much I have been indoctrinated by children's television.

AngryPixie · 07/04/2010 12:16

Beautiful
(although if I did have a fleeting flashback to Audrey Forbes-Hamilton but am showing my age)

gemcgem · 07/04/2010 12:43

hepburn! but one of the actors on corrie married to fizz ( i forgot his name) just named there little girl audrey !

passionberry · 07/04/2010 12:53

I think it's pretty. Must be due for a revival!

There's also Audrina which I also like.

Coco78 · 07/04/2010 19:27

I think of Audrey Tatou who was in Amelie, my favourite film - and of course Audrey Hepburn, it seems to be a name for beautiful women!

swanandduck · 09/04/2010 16:37

Sorry, don't like it. For some reason it reminds me of really old fashioned boarding school stories, there always seemed to be a character called Audrey in those.

Caro1302 · 10/04/2010 20:38

I know of 3 Audreys in their 20s/30s and they're all attractive girls. In each case their unusual name seems to add something a bit glamorous to them.

KAEKAE · 10/04/2010 20:41

Hate it sorry...and does remind me of Corrie...and Hepburn, just old lady not very flattering name IMO.

rosieposey · 10/04/2010 20:43

I love love love this name, i had suggested it for DC5 if we have one and if she is a girl (can you tell my mind is made up already? But DH doesnt like it much, however i think i might be able to bring him around should the occasion demand.

Its the most lovely name and its not particularly common.

mummalish · 11/04/2010 11:05

I love love love love Audrey and it is on the top of my list for a girl. However, my DH hates it, and says it reminds him of Audrey Chawner. I could cry.

ozmetric · 11/04/2010 17:23

I don't watch Corrie so I'd say Hepburn

hocuspontas · 11/04/2010 17:51

I would just think of my auntie Audrey who I love to bits! I never connect it with Corrie.

I was at school with a Audrey in the 60s and thought it was odd having an 'auntie' type name when everyone else was Susan or Linda! Never come across anyone since.

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LostArtOfKeepingASecret · 11/04/2010 19:00

I love the name Audrey, it reminds me of Twin Peaks.

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DomesticG0ddess · 13/04/2010 22:03

I still love it, have not mentioned it to DH yet. Or indeed any name - I still have 8 weeks to go til my 20 week scan!

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birdofthenorth · 14/04/2010 12:22

Hepburn. Love it.

Audie as a nn.

Ineedsomesleep · 14/04/2010 12:44

Do love Audrey but I do think of Corrie before Hepburn.

megonthemoon · 14/04/2010 12:58

It's on my shortlist if my bump proves to be a girl DH and I are known for our taste in old lady names though (Olive also on the shortlist, and he's trying to persuade me about Veronica!)

Audrey from Corrie will be gone and forgotten in a few years, whereas Hepburn won't.

I also love the meaning - "noble strength" which I think is a great meaning for a girl. I would rather any daughter I have be strong and self-assured rather than girly and princessy, and want to give a name which links with that IYSWIM.

Iklboo · 14/04/2010 13:00

Little Shop of Horrors too. Actress is great - she played Sylar's mum in Heroes

(Suddenly Sylar.....)