Aurora (given name)

Aurora is a feminine given name, originating from the name of the ancient Roman goddess of dawn Aurora.[1]

Aurora
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameLatin
MeaningDawn
Other names
Related namesAurore, Rory

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]

People

  • Aurora Aksnes (born 1996), Norwegian singer-songwriter
  • Aurora Arias (born 1962), Dominican Republican writer, journalist and astrologer
  • Aurora Bautista (1925–2012), 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 Galli (born 1996), an Italian soccer player
  • 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 Liljenroth (1772–1836), Swedish scholar
  • Aurora Ljungstedt (1821–1908), Swedish horror writer
  • Aurora Martinez, director of over 70 Spanish-language action movies
  • Aurora Mira (1863–1939), Chilean painter
  • 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 (born 1949), 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 Robson (born 1972), Canadian-American artist
  • Aurora Snow (born 1981), American pornographic actress
  • Aurore Storckenfeldt (1816–1900), Swedish educator
  • Aurora Straus, American racecar driver
  • Aurora Venturini (1922–2015) an Argentine writer and translator
  • Aurora Wilhelmina Koskull (1778–1852), Swedish lady-in-waiting and salonist
  • Aurora Ximenes (born 1955), East Timorese politician

Fictional characters

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gollark: They fire two wires or something, not a net, though.
gollark: Probably some plants.
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References

Notes

  1. Petrovsky, p. 36
  2. Superanskaya, pp. 22 and 278
  3. Toronto Slavic Quarterly. Елена Душечкина. "Мессианские тенденции в советской антропонимической практике 1920-х - 1930-х годов" (in Russian)

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
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