&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Linda_Evans_The_Big_Valley_1965.jpg) Linda Evans portrayed Audra Barkley in the American television series The Big Valley. | |
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | English |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | noble strength |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Audrey |
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Audra is an English feminine given name, a modern variant of the name Audrey, which evolved from the Anglo-Saxon name Æðelþryð, which was derived from æðel, meaning noble, and þryð, meaning strength. Usage of the name Audra increased after the name was used in 1965 for the character Audra Barkley on the American television western series The Big Valley.[1][2]
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 23. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
- ^ Evans, Cleveland Kent (2007), "The Tsunami Curve and Popular Culture: Influences on Given Names", Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 55 (4)