It was common for men and women in the middle ages, but had lost favour for a time before experiencing a resurgence of popularity for men in the 19th century [1][2] in the united states, following the 1973 release of the song aubrey, by the band bread, aubrey began increasing in popularity as a given name for girls, potentially influenced by. Once an exclusively masculine name, aubrey tipped towards feminine in 1974, and is now given to girls 96% of the time Derived from the old french name auberi, a variant of alberich, aubrey means elf ruler or elf king. From auberi, an old french form of alberich brought to england by the normans It was common in the middle ages, and was revived in the 19th century
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