How do you pronounce Audrey?

See the results of this poll: How do you pronounce Audrey?

Respondents: 67 (This poll is closed)

  • AUD-ree : 50 (75%)
  • AUJ-ree : 13 (19%)
  • Other - Explain in Post: 4 (6%)

aw-dree or awd-dree

I have only heard it pronounced AWD-ree.

I did a quick search. I see this woman has a blog called auj poj, it is a play on hodge podge I assume. She states her name is Audrey Mirabella Roloff. I’ve not seen the show, so I have not heard her name pronounced.

I’ve only heard it pronounced ah-dree or aud-ree. Never with a J sound.

I never realized it but I say it with a d and j kinda like [name_f]Aud[/name_f]-jree

aw-dree. The ‘d’ I pronounce in the second syllable.

I wonder if maybe it’s an accent thing then. Most people in my community say “auj-ree” but think they’re saying “aud-ree.” I hear a clear distinction between the two sounds, also in names like [name_u]Andrea[/name_u], [name_m]Drake[/name_m], [name_m]Andrew[/name_m], [name_m]Adrian[/name_m], [name_u]Landry[/name_u], etc. It’s a “DR” issue. [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] is potentially on the chopping block :confused:

I think you will find it difficult to find names that everyone will pronounce the same, especially if you are including accents (like Boston, southern, New York, New Jersey, etc). If you adore Louisa and Audrey than use them. I’ve heard different pronunciations of Julia (I know two Julias) because of accents.

Same here! [name_m]How[/name_m] odd…I never realized that, it was the name of my late grandmother-in-law!

It’s funny how everyone is saying they’ve only ever heard people pronouncing it “odd-ree” to me. My grandmother’s name is [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] and I’ve never in my life heard anyone pronounce it like that. It’s always Aujree. In fact odd-ree sounds really… odd… to me. I can’t imagine that flowing off the tongue nicely at all. Maybe it’s a regional thing, maybe that sounds better with a different accent than mine.

It’s also worth noting that I think it’s a difficult pronunciation to write out, I can’t really think of any words that rhyme exactly or anything so I think it’s possible some people are saying odd-ree while others say aujree but it’s really the same sound.

I say it with a d, like it’s spelled, but the alternate pronunciation is probably a regional/dialect thing. I’ve tried saying it out loud with a j several times and honestly it doesn’t sound all that different to me, so I personally wouldn’t worry too much about it. Countless names and words are said differently due to people’s accents and whatnot. Maybe you could take a look at this thread talking about d sounding like j in certain situations, like in the word soldier.

I saw Aw-dree (dr sounds like in [name_u]Drew[/name_u])

They sound completely identical in my accent so I have zero clue how to answer this.

Maybe it’s my accent, but [name_f]AUD[/name_f]-ree and AUJ-ree sound the same to me.

I don’t know how else to explain these pronunciation, haha.

[name_f]AUD[/name_f] (rhyming with cod) -ree vs. AWJ (ryhming with hodge podge) -ree.

They definitely don’t make the same sound.

This is an interesting thread, I think people are right that it must be an accent thing! To me, the only correct way to say it is exactly how it is spelled. I can’t image saying it Aujrey and I agree that it loses all class and appeal.

I’m having the same problem as you, right now it’s my number one name but I just about died when I heard [name_m]Little[/name_m] People Big World’s Auj, and I can’t think of it the same since! There are other threads on this topic so I think many of us have the same issue :frowning:

I agree with others that it is a regional accent thing. I am from the Southern US, so I would naturally say “[name_f]Aud[/name_f]-jree” with a hint of D but definitely getting the J sound in there as well. In the South, lots of consonants run together and syllables aren’t delineated like they are in writing - “did you” becomes “didja,” etc.

I absolutely love this name. I never really thought about it before now but I do tend to pronounce it as a combination of both of your options ending up with
Aw-djrey. Although the correct pronunciation is Aw-drey. Like others have said I think the pronunciation has to do with the accent. For example a lot of Americans, at least where I am from, pronounce the letter T as a D, so the word little will end up sounding like liddle but that still doesn’t change the correct pronunciation.

With almost any name there will be someone who will pronounce it differently. In my opinion you should just name your baby the name you love with the pronunciation that you love. If you have to correct people on the pronunciation every once in a while that should be okay because your child will have a beautiful name that you didn’t just settle for but love.

This is one of my middle names as well as a name of a Great Aunt. We’ve always pronounced it “aw-dree”.

edit:
Forgot to mention that we’re from Southeast US.

This is how I pronounce it too. It’s not really aud-ree or auj-ree, the D and R are pronounced together like in the word drove or dry so not the first, and there isn’t a J sound in there so not the second either.