Aubri is a short spelling of Aubrey, which comes from the Germanic Alberich, "elf ruler" or "ruler of elves", the dwarf king of German legend; the name was masculine for centuries and turned feminine in America in the 1970s. Aubri entered the top 1,000 in 2011, peaked at number 760 in 2012 and has declined every year since, reaching number 2,722 in 2025 with 63 births.