Auberon
given name · Latin script
Meaning: ruler of the elves; Old English; variation of Avice
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/aʊbɝən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Auberon is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- NZNew Zealand
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
ruler of the elves; Old English; variation of Avice
Sources 1
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Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Auberon is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
From an Old French name of Germanic (Frankish) origin. There is some doubt about its origin; it may be connected with pAubrey or be derived from adal
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, Alternative form of Oberon.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Teutonic; "golden-haired ruler."
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
English: of Norman French origin, from Germanic. There is much doubt about the form and meaning of the elements of which it was originally composed; it may be connected with AUBREY , or may derive from the elements adal noble + ber(n) bear. Variant: Oberon .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Auberon Herbertb. 1838GBBritish politician (1838–1906)
- Auberon Herbert, 9th Baron Lucasb. 1876ZABritish politician
- Auberon Herbertb. 1922GBlandowner
- Auberon Waughb. 1939GBEnglish author
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | A Concise Dictionary of First Names (Hanks & Hodges, 2001) | — | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020) | — | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | The Penguin Book of Baby Names (David Pickering) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Auberon?
- A machine transcription gives /aʊbɝən/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Auberon mean, and where does it come from?
- ruler of the elves; Old English; variation of Avice Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- Is Auberon a male or female name?
- Auberon is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What are other forms of the name Auberon?
- In the etymology graph, Aubrey, Alberico and Alberic are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Auberon have the most bearers?
- Auberon is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/auberonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Auberon”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.