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[Facts] Aurian
So does anyone have an idea of what the name Aurian is derived from? I've found that there is the names Auriana/Auriana, and there is masculine usage with the animator Aurian Redson (who has worked on Tangled, The Croods, and Bolt; masculine usage there)
There is also some fantasy book with the name character (female) named Aurian. I assume that it has something to do with the word "aura" or maybe Aurelius but I'm not sure. Anyone have any more definite information?(also, by the way - I've never read the books with the character Aurian, but do you think the book series puts a stop to the possibility of me naming one of my own characters Aurian? It'd be in a fantasy setting, and magic would relate into the character, but yeah... No idea if that would be too close? Or exactly what the legalities of that would be. Not that I know anything about the character in that published fantasy series but still)
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Aurian is mainly a girl's name that is a variant of Auria or Aura (Latin). The the meaning of Auria is "wind". The baby name Auria sounds like Arria, Aria and Aurea. Other similar baby names are Adria, Audria and Aurita.
Aurian is not a popular first name for women or as a surname or middle name. Hope I helped.
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If Aurian comes from 'aura' or 'aurae', it doesn't necessarily mean wind:
Definitions: air (pl.), heaven
breeze, breath (of air), wind
gleam
odor, stench
vapor
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