Audrey

"Noble and strong" — a name of timeless elegance and understated power

Audrey comes from the Old English Æthelþryð, meaning 'noble strength' — combining æthelð (noble) and þryð (strength). Saint Etheldreda of Ely, who became known as Audrey in medieval England, gave rise to the name. For centuries, cheap silks sold at her feast-day fair were called 'tawdry' — ironically the opposite of what the elegant name Audrey suggests today. Audrey Hepburn transformed the name into the ultimate symbol of graceful, effortless style — an association that persists more than sixty years later.