Re: I thought Audrey was French originally, but I might be wrong, as this database lists it as English. Sorry. n/t
I've always known it as a late form of
Etheldreda! How even the Brits get that right defeats me utterly, but there you are.
What puts me off is the word: tawdry. As in: cheap junk sold at St
Audrey's fair. Suppose she would have been St
Etheldreda once.