Given name & surname
Aurora
Aurora is a feminine given name from Latin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and 9 other languages.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
The name draws on Latin aurōra, meaning “dawn”.
The story
In mythological stories, Aurora is associated with the goddess of the dawn.
Aurora through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 99,209
- 96 boys · 99,113 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 7,070 babies
- 2025
- 7,070
- #15 for girls · #12,222 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +33%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7,065 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 33.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 5 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (853). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 66,923 as a first name in 2020; 570 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aurora’s family of names
In English usage, Aurora has a diminutive in Rory. Aurora has a later derivative in Aurore. Aurora has a related form in Aurea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aurora has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
9 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Rorydiminutive · English
- Aurashort form · Norwegian Bokmål, Czech
- Roridiminutive · English
- Auridiminutive · Spanish
- Aureavariant
- Aurorevariant · German, French
- Aurroralikely variant
- Aurorralikely variant
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Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Aurora
- Matilde CamusSpanish poet (1919–2012)
- AuroraIcelandic singer ( born June 16 1996)
- Aurora MardiganianAmerican actress (1901-1994)
- Aurora GalliItalian footballerborn 1996
- Aurora PerrineauAmerican actressborn 1994
- Aurora Danfencerborn 1955
- Aurora MirandaBrazilian entertainer (1915–2005)
- Aurora Quezonformer First Lady of the Philippines (1935–1944)1888–1949
- Aurora BautistaSpanish actress (1925-2012)1922–2012
Characters named Aurora: Aurora (title character from Disney's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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