Aubryn
Feminine · “Germanic "elf ruler”
Aubrey means elf-king, and Shakespeare used the same name without changing much. Germanic Alberich, the dwarf-king of the Nibelungenlied, became French Auberi and then Aubrey — and, in another line, Oberon, the fairy king of A Midsummer Night's Dream. They are the same word.
How old is the name Aubryn?
Aubryn first appears in US birth records in 1997 — 28 years ago. The typical Aubryn is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Aubryn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Aubryn most popular?
Aubryn peaked in 2010, reaching #4107 nationally. Today it ranks #7491, 3,384 places below that high. See the whole 2010 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Alberich to Aubryn
The story of Aubryn
Elves in Germanic tradition were not small and decorative; they were powerful, dangerous and worth naming a ruler after, which is why alb appears in serious personal names — Alberich, Alboin, Aubrey, and the English Alfred, elf-counsel. Alberich enters French romance as Auberon, king of the fairies in the thirteenth-century Huon of Bordeaux, and from there reaches Shakespeare as Oberon. Aubrey came to England with the Normans as a men's name, became a surname, and returned as a given name in America — first for boys, then, from the 1970s, increasingly for girls. Aubryn, one of the modern respellings, peaks in 2010 and is used almost entirely for girls.
Meaning
Germanic "elf ruler"
From Old High German alb, an elf, plus rīhhi, ruler or power, giving Alberich. Old French made it Auberi and Auberon; the first gave English Aubrey, the second gave Oberon. Alberich guards the Nibelung treasure in the medieval German epic and reappears in Wagner's Ring. Aubryn is a modern American respelling of Aubrey with the -yn ending; the change carries no meaning.
How the name formed
- Alberich
- Auberi
- Aubrey
- Aubryn
Related forms: Aubrey · Aubry · Alberich
Pronouncing Aubryn
AW-brin
Two syllables, stress on the first. The -yn ending is a schwa plus n and sounds like the -ey of Aubrey only when unstressed; some families say aw-BRIN with back stress.
Nicknames for Aubryn
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1997
- Most girls named
- 201036 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4107reached in 2010
- Change vs 2024
- −6.7%14 in 2025, from 15
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Aubryn in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Aubrey in English — spelling variant
- Aubry in French — same name
- Alberich in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Aubryns among us
people named Aubryn are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 114,805 born in 2025 was named Aubryn
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Aubryn
- #7491
- Aubryn on the 2025 chart
- #940
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Aubryn went to 14 girls in 2025, but Aubrynn is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 20, which makes it the 940th most-given girls’ name of the year — 6,551 places above the chart.
- Aubryn14
- Aubrynn6
About 1 girl in 80,363 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 114,805 for Aubryn itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Valen test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aubryn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Valen climbed just as high around 1983, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Valen's path sketches the road Aubryn is walking now.
Aubryn sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Aubryn beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Aubryn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled and unusually vivid: ruler of elves.
- Bryn works as a short form and is a name in its own right.
- It is soft and current-sounding while descending from a genuinely old name.
- Aubrey is far more common and will be substituted constantly.
- The stress placement is not settled between families.
- It is easily confused with Aubrie, Aubri and Auberon in writing.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aubryns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Aubryn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Aubryn?
- Aubryn is the most-used spelling in US records — 14 of the 20 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Aubrynn.
- How popular is the name Aubryn in 2025?
- Aubryn ranks #7491 among US girl names in 2025, with 14 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Aubryn?
- About 1 in every 114,805 US girls born in 2025 was named Aubryn — 14 in all.
- Will my child share the name Aubryn with classmates?
- Aubryn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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