Given name & surname
Saura
“of the heavens”
Saura is used as a given name and a surname. One Hindi interpretation is “of the heavens.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “of the heavens.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
How it developed
In Italian usage, Saura is a feminine form of SAURO.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saura through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 0 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 246 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.
Saura’s family of names
In Italian usage, Saura is a feminine form of SAURO. Saura has a related form in Sawra.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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