Aubrey

The name Aubrey is a girl's name of French, English origin meaning "elf ruler". The unisex name Aubrey is scooting up the girls' popularity charts, along with the revived Audrey. After being a 100% male name, it tipped to female in 1974, and is now 98% girls, among the most popular girls' names starting with A. Aubrey was a relatively popular male name in England in the Middle Ages, then fell from favor. One possible factor in its popularity for girls is the song about a girl named Aubrey by the group Bread in the 1970s. Most prominent female bearer now is deadpan comic actress Aubrey Plaza, breakout star of Parks & Recreation. Rap/ pop megastar Drake was born Aubrey Drake Graham and goes by his middle name. Terrence Howard is the father of a grown daughter named Aubrey.