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Lovely on a girl, fine on a boy.

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The only Aubrey I know is a darling, sweet four-year-old girl nicknamed Bree, so the name automatically sounds very feminine to me. I like it much better than Audrey, mostly because it's less common, at least here, and I have bad associations for Audrey. I think it's lovely for a girl, though I think it would be fine for a boy as well, since it's traditionally masculine. I like it because it sounds up-to-date, but also has a history.

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PS- I take back only knowing one Aubrey. I just remembered that I know another Aubree, nn Bree, but she is an 18-year-old girl, so that just reinforces the feminine feeling to me.

Aubrey for a girl seems somewhat unisex and masculine, popular and trendy. For a boy, it seems masculine, uncommon, dignified, elegant.

I don't like it for either personally...

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The sound just really, really doesn't appeal. I much prefer Audrey on a girl. I just really don't like the sound of Aubrey at all.

I only like the name Aubrey for a girl. It seems so much more feminine than masculine imo.

I love the name Aubrey, it's one of my favorite boys' names. Definitely boys' name though.

I have only heard it on a girl, and I love it. Could be because the little girl I used to babysit named Aubrey was adorable and the name really suited her.

Horrible for a girl, lovely for a boy

I like Audrey much better for a girl. Something about that "b" just makes it sound so masculine.

I love the name Aubrey for a boy - it's the FN of Aubrey Beardsley, one of my favourite artists - but I absolutely detest it on a girl. I hate to see it used on a girl because that makes more and more people start considering it "too girly" for a boy and then yet another brilliant and handsome boy name is lost. Plus, I don't find it the slightest bit feminine to begin with.

I always think of the artist Aubrey Beardsley when I hear this name. (Do check out his art if you arent familiar with it because it's great.) For that reason, I have a positive association with this name on a boy. On a girl, it seems to lose that context for me.

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To me, Aubrey seems trendy as a girl's name but sort of old-fashioned for a boy's name. I prefer old-fashioned names to trendy names. But either way, the sound of the name is quite nice and (in my opinion) would work well for either gender in that regard.

Boy only to me (being a form of the all-male Alberic and I've only ever seen it on boys) and I love it. Is presently being used as a middle name in my top 10 boys.

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Audrey is nice for a girl though.

This message was edited 4/9/2007, 12:22 PM

Aubrey is nms, but the only person I know named Aubrey is a girl. Her name is Aubrey Anne. I know it's a boy's name, too, but I just can't picture it on a boy.

I know three Aubrey's, and they are all girls. I know an Aubrey Gabriella, Aubry Ann Marie and Aubrie Catherine.

I love the combo Aubrey Anatolia.

Aubrey has never been popular in Scotland on either sex, and I think it's fine on either gender too. It sounds quite classic to me either way.

This message was edited 4/9/2007, 12:02 PM

I have only ever heard it as a girl name. It's not bad, but I certainly prefer Audrey.