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Gender:

Girl

Origin:

Latin

Meaning:

Dawn

Pronunciation:

(o ROR ah)   [Guide]

Form of:

Itself (Aurora)

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Miscellaneous Info for Aurora

Categories:

Mythological, Nature, Roman, English, Disney, Latin

Used in:

English and Norwegian speaking countries

Additional info:

The aurorae are coloured lights that appear in the night sky in the polar zones. They are the result of the collision of charged ions from the magnetosphere with atoms in the upper atmosphere. They were named after Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn.

Aurora was the name given by Disney to Charles Perrault's 'Sleeping Beauty'.

Aurora is particularly popular in Norway, where it was the 16th most popular name in 2006.
Popularity Rank of AuroraUS top 1000 names since 1880
Popularity Rank Aurora - Rankings by Year
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(Source: U.S. SSA)
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