Aurora
PopularA girl's name meaning dawn, sunrise.
Approved in Portugal. Aurora is on the official IRN list of names you can register. In the national top 10 of 2025.
Origin
From Latin aurora (dawn, sunrise), which traces back through Proto-Italic auzōs to the Indo-European root h₂éwsōs, also tied to the concept of dawn.
Story
In Roman mythology, Aurora is the goddess of the dawn, sister of Luna (the moon) and Sol (the sun), the equivalent of the Greek goddess Eos, and appears in classical works such as Virgil's Aeneid. As a given name in everyday use it spread from the Renaissance onward, when names tied to classical mythology were readopted across Europe.
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- List of admitted given names · IRN · irn.justica.gov.pt (approved-name list & birth statistics)
- Behind the Name · Aurora
- Wiktionary · Aurora
- Wikipedia · Aurora (mythology)