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View Name: Aurora


AURORA
GENDER: Feminine
PRONOUNCED: ow-RO-rah (Spanish), ə-RAWR-ə (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "dawn" in Latin. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning. It has occasionally been used as a given name since the Renaissance.
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OTHER LANGUAGES: Aurore (French)
Popularity
United States  ranked #183 
Canada (BC)  ranked #87 
Italy  ranked #7 
Norway  ranked #27 



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