Aurora

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled אורורה in IT Italy, PT Portugal, CL Chile.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Aurora is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English name483K records spelled Aurora17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Russia

  Also written Aúrora, Aürörä, Äurörä, Âúrôrâ, Auróra

• French name54K records spelled Aurora5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France

  Also written Auróra, Âûròrà, Aurorà

• a separate name15K records spelled Aurora2 spellings in the group

  Also written Auróra

• Russian given name10K records spelled Aurora32 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Türkiye

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek

  Also written Аврора, Аурора, Avrora, Арора, Ავრორა

• Indonesian given name7.7K records spelled Aurora4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Aurora, Aurora'

• a separate name7.7K records spelled Aurora3 spellings in the group

  Also written Àûrôrà, Aurorá

• Macedonian given name4.3K records spelled Aurora15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in North Macedonia, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Аурора, Аврора, Avrora

64 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Aurora is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, Aurora är ett latinskt namn med betydelsen ’morgonrodnad’. Det är också namn på en romersk gudinna, motsvarande den grekiska Eos. I den rikssvenska almanackan 3 juli och i den finlandssvenska 10 mars.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In English, Roman dawn goddess; pers. name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In French, Latin aurora, « aurore, lever du jour »; nom chrétien diffusé par le culte de sainte Aurore.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• Latin/Greek: dawn; goddess of the dawn

  as a name·African Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 145 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Aurora Pavlovna Demidovab. 1873UARussian noblewoman (1873–1904)
• Aurora Mirandab. 1915BRBrazilian entertainer (1915–2005)
• Matilde Camusb. 1919ESnot in their usual nameSpanish poet (1919–2012)
• Aurora Quattrocchib. 1943ITItalian actress
• Lucia Sardob. 1952ITnot in their usual nameItalian actress
• Aurora Ruffinob. 1989ITItalian actress
• Aurora Perrineaub. 1994USAmerican actress
• Aurorab. 1996NONorwegian singer and songwriter
• Anny Aurorab. 1996DEGerman pornographic actress
• Aurora Gallib. 1996ITItalian footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,439 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aurora?

We estimate roughly 202 thousand people bear Aurora (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Aurora have the most bearers?

We estimate about 67 thousand people bear Aurora in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled aurora.

Where is Aurora most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Aurora is densest in Finland — about 1 in 211 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

What does the name Aurora mean?

Recorded meaning: From Latin aur6éra ‘dawn’, also used in the classical period as the name of the personified goddess of the dawn.