Aurora (given name)
| Aurora | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin Indian |
| Meaning | Dawn |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Aurore, Rory, Arora |
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Aurora is a female given name, originating from the name of the ancient Roman goddess of dawn Aurora.[1]
Russian name
The variant used in the Russian language is "Авро́ра" (Avrora).[1] While in use before the 20th century, it became more common after the Russian Revolution of 1917, due to the role cruiser Aurora played in the events.[1] In 1924–1930, the name was included into various Soviet calendars,[2] which included the new and often artificially created names promoting the new Soviet realities and encouraging the break with the tradition of using the names in the Synodal Menologia.[3] Diminutives of this name include "Авро́рка" (Avrorka), "А́ва" (Ava), "А́ра" (Ara), and "Ро́ра" (Rora).[1]
Indian name
The name Aurora or Arora is also used by the Khatri community of West Pakistan as a surname, the name has an Indo-Greek origin of the name aurora. It can be written the same as Aurora or Arora in family surnames or given girlnames. [4]
People with this name
- Aurora Bautista (born 1925), a Spanish film actress
- Aurora Browne, Canadian actress and comedian
- Aurora Cáceres (1877–1958), a Peruvian-European writer of the "modernismo" literary movement
- Aurora Carlson (born 1987), a television presenter and China scholar
- Aurora Castillo (1914–1998), a Mexican-American who co-founded the Mothers of East Los Angeles (MELA) organization
- Aurora Clavel (born 1936), a Mexican film and television actress
- Aurora Cunha (born 1959), a Portuguese long-distance runner
- Aurora Reyes Flores (1908–1985), a Mexican painter and member of the Mexican muralism movement
- Aurora Karamzina née Stjernvall (1808–1902), a Finnish Swede philanthropist and noblewoman
- Aurora Königsmarck (1662–1728), mistress of Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland
- Aurora Ljungstedt (1821-1908), Swedish horror writer
- Aurora Martinez, director of over 70 Spanish-language action movies
- Aurora Miranda (1915–2005), a Brazilian entertainer
- Aurora Levins Morales (born 1954), a Puerto Rican writer and poet
- Aurora Nilsson (1894–1972), Swedish writer
- Aurora Estrada Orozco (1918–2011), Mexican American community leader
- Aurora Pijuan, the 1970 titleholder of the Miss International beauty pageant
- Aurora Quezon (1888–1949), first spouse of a Philippine president to be called First Lady
- Aurora Robles (born 1980), Mexican supermodel
- Aurora Snow (born 1981), American pornographic actress
- Aurore Storckenfeldt (1816-1900), Swedish educator
- Aurora Venturini (born 1922) an Argentine writer and translator
- Aurora Wilhelmina Koskull (1778–1852), Swedish lady-in-waiting and salonist
- Malaika Arora Khan, (Born 1976) is an Indian actress, dancer, model, VJ, and television presenter
- Amrita Arora, (born 31 January 1981) is a Bollywood actress
Fictional characters
- Aurora (Disney), a princess from the Disney film Sleeping Beauty
- Aurora Floyd, a character from Mary Elizabeth Braddon's novel of the same name
- Aurora Leigh, a character in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem of the same name
- Aurora Teagarden, a character created by author Charlaine Harris
- Aurora Thorpe, the title character of Helen Barnes's novel Killing Aurora
- Aurora Greenway a character from Terms of Endearment portrayed by Shirley McLaine
- Aurora Sinistra, the astronomy professor in the Harry Potter book series
References
Notes
Sources
- Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-17-002940-3
- А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-699-14090-5