Given name & surname
Taura
“an astrological sign; the bull”·“the bull; the second sign of the zodiac”
Taura is a feminine form of Taurus. One Latin interpretation is “the bull; the second sign of the zodiac.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Taura carries the interpretation “an astrological sign; the bull.” Taura is a feminine form of Taurus. One Latin interpretation is “the bull; the second sign of the zodiac.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Taura is used as a feminine counterpart of Taurus.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Taura through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 433
- 0 boys · 433 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 31 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 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 432 as a first name in 2020; 174 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.
Taura’s family of names
Taura is a feminine form of Taurus. Taura has a related form in Taurae. Taura has a related form in Taurah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Taurasvariant
- Taurralikely variant
- Taurynavariant
- Tauryavariant
- Tauriniavariant
- Taurinavariant
- Tauriavariant
- Tauraevariant
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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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