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The sound is okay, but the word itself as a name is just cheesy.
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Love the name Aura, such a beautiful and rare name.
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My name is Aura, and I've always loved my name. While on first glance people may not know how to pronounce, it's quite easy once they hear it one time. I always tell people to pronounce it like the word "Aura". I'm not picky as long as I know they are referring to me. I'm from Midwestern part of US, so my family says "or-ruh", but my best friend is the from the East coast and she says "aw-ruh". And my French or Spanish speaking friends tend to say something like "aw-oo-ruh". I love that my name has virtually the same meaning in so many languages!
Aura definitely has a spiritual vibe if you look at the meaning of the word in the dictionary. My parents were hippies and loved the the meaning. But the name is sophisticated, not cheesy (IMO, but I've biased!). I've worked in corporate business my entire life and never felt like my name didn't "fit".
If you like the sound, but not the meaning I'd suggest going "Ora" which was more popular in early 1900's I think.
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Aura definitely has a spiritual vibe if you look at the meaning of the word in the dictionary. My parents were hippies and loved the the meaning. But the name is sophisticated, not cheesy (IMO, but I've biased!). I've worked in corporate business my entire life and never felt like my name didn't "fit".
If you like the sound, but not the meaning I'd suggest going "Ora" which was more popular in early 1900's I think.
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Gender: Feminine
Usages: Finnish
Pronunciation: OW-rah
Meaning: Allegoric name for Finland taken from the Finnish river Aurajoki in south western Finland. While the element joki means "river" in Finnish, the element Aura appears to be derived from Old Norse aurr "moist earth, clay".In addition to this, Aura is also used as a short form of both Aurora and Aurelia in Finland. Coincidentally, aura also means both "plough" and "aura" in Finnish.
https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Aura
(Information from name #34170 originally submitted by an anonymous user)
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Usages: Finnish
Pronunciation: OW-rah
Meaning: Allegoric name for Finland taken from the Finnish river Aurajoki in south western Finland. While the element joki means "river" in Finnish, the element Aura appears to be derived from Old Norse aurr "moist earth, clay".In addition to this, Aura is also used as a short form of both Aurora and Aurelia in Finland. Coincidentally, aura also means both "plough" and "aura" in Finnish.
https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Aura
(Information from name #34170 originally submitted by an anonymous user)
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This name sounds calm and pretty, like the name Dove or Misty. Your Aura is light blue...you're at peace. Sounds nice!
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I adore Aura for a name. It's breathtakingly gorgeous. It's beautifully unique, sounds wonderful and is so in touch with spirituality. It brings to mind heavenly things like angels, paradise, a bright array of iridescent colors, and divinity. In my opinion, Aura is one of the prettiest names I've ever heard of.
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I like the name, but it's associated with a lot of spiritual things!
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It's also considered to be a pet form of Aurora or Aurelia in Scandinavia.
https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Aura
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https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Aura
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Aura comes into all of our bodies and souls, she’s a part of us. You may have never met her but she's still here, in every one of you. It just depends on whether you have a visit or not and I don’t know what determines that. I have never seen her physically but her... herself, She is beautifully amazingly gorgeous. Please give her the respect by saying her name correctly or simply do not treat other ways to pronounce it “correct”.
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This is not about getting over yourself or anything else. This is purely for the knowledge on how to say a name correctly whether it be language or accent, even both. Just because a person speaks Spanish and can’t pronounce a letter does not make whatever word that comes out the name we speak of. If you allow children to use any sounds to pronounce a new word they found correct and has the same meaning to them, will NOT make it correct. Crocodile is not kockadial. Same difference here. The name is Aura. Read it as it’s written, Aw-rah.
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Sounds incomplete, but it’s pretty and I’d use it.
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It's good, but I prefer Aurora, as it's more "complete-sounding".
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I have a lot of characters and my main character that I also use when I draw myself is named Aura. She’s had the same name for 5 or so years. Which is ever since I decided for her to officially become a character. As you can probably guess, this is one of my favorite names ever. It’s not only beautiful, it also sounds magical in a way. I’m not really good at explaining my feelings, so I can’t really put my finger on why exactly I love it so much. I just...do...I guess.
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Much, much better than Aurora.
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"Aura" is the name of a novel by the Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes.
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AU/RA is the person who sang "Panic Room".
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Also occasionally used in Romania: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aura_Urziceanu
https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aura_Buzescu
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https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aura_Buzescu
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Interesting name.
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Au/Ra (2002-), born Jamie Lou Stenzel, is an Antiguan-German singer and songwriter.
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So pretty!
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Aura Blackquill is a character in the video game series Ace Attorney. She is Simon's older sister.
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Unique name, gives you a mystical/floaty vibe. Kind of a twist on Aurora I think, which I like that name too.
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Aura is the name of a song by Lady Gaga, from her album ARTPOP.
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The tune to the hit song 'Love Me Tender' is a Civil War era folk song called Aura Lea. The song 'Aura Lea' (or Lee) is a love song with completely different lyrics than the 1900s pop song.
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Aura is the name of a minor character in Dragon Age Origins: Awakening.
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This name is also used in Finland. [noted -ed]
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Also a Modern Greek variant transcription of Avra.
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The name Aura was given to 94 girls born in the US in 2015.
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My name is Aura and I hated having such a unique name in the 80s. Now that people have moved beyond the top 100 names, I've grown to like it. I would be careful to only pair the name with a last name that is easy to pronounce.
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Actually, my name is Aura and it's pronounced OR-RAH. The English word meaning a spiritual essence that surrounds a person is also pronounced this way... I would know this because my mother is very spiritual and reads Auras as well as tarot cards and such. AU is also pronounced OH in French (café AU lait) as well as in dutch. In some languages, it is similarly pronounced OW, which is much closer to OH than it is to AWR
Pronouncing it AWR-RAH or however sounds like a substitute teacher is reading the name wrong and it needs to be corrected. Maybe in some parts of the world it is pronounced this way (i'm not so sure), but if you're living in Canada or the USA then it is incorrect.
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Pronouncing it AWR-RAH or however sounds like a substitute teacher is reading the name wrong and it needs to be corrected. Maybe in some parts of the world it is pronounced this way (i'm not so sure), but if you're living in Canada or the USA then it is incorrect.
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My name is Aura. The correct pronunciation is in fact "Aw-ra" I have no idea how "Au" suddenly becomes like "Or" just because an r follows it. "Au-tumn" is still pronunced "Aw-tumn". August is "Aw-gust". If it were "Aurgust" it wouldn't become "Orgust". That's just silly.
Aura is "Aw-rah". It's a simple two-syllable name. You don't get to change pronunciation rules to fit your mispronunciation of the name.
And to those who think it's "new agey"-- it's only become that because of new-agers. It's been around much longer than they have. I love my name and wouldn't trade it for the world. But you will pronounce it correctly.
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Aura is "Aw-rah". It's a simple two-syllable name. You don't get to change pronunciation rules to fit your mispronunciation of the name.
And to those who think it's "new agey"-- it's only become that because of new-agers. It's been around much longer than they have. I love my name and wouldn't trade it for the world. But you will pronounce it correctly.
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I love how some of you are passive aggressive with how to pronounce this name. The name "Sade" ==how do you pronounce that? According to the singer, she says it's pronounced "Shar-Day". Who are we to argue with it? I look at it and phonetically I want to say "Sade" like shade. But she says no, that's not right.
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So for the "Aura" who loves her name pronounced with the "OR-Rah". Good for you. *Clap, clap, clap*. But how do you come on here and then say right above and after another Aura, who was very clear in saying that she pronounces her name "Awr-rah" as she's wrong?! Making some sort of reference to a grade school teacher who is mispronouncing the name. Get over yourself.
My name is Aura. I pronounce it the way my family pronounced it, the way everyone around me pronounced it which was definitely NOT "ORRAH". You pronounce your Aura the way you want to but don't tell others they're wrong for how they pronounce their names.
Oh and by the way, my family is Spanish speaking, so it's said phonetically, so it would sound more like "Ah-oo-ra". To someone who's not used to the Spanish accent and pronunciation, it might sound more like "Ow-oo-dah" (say it quickly) which again, sounds nothing like "ORRAH".
By the way, I have read on multiple sites that the Aura in reference to the light, seeing Aura's and energy is pronounced like "Orrah" but as a name, it is pronounced like Awr-rah.
And the Laura reference? No, that won't do. I've heard way too many people say, "La-ow-ra" when it's spelled "Laura". And "Lorrah" when it's spelled LORA.
So yes, there's a difference.
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O.K.
So for the "Aura" who loves her name pronounced with the "OR-Rah". Good for you. *Clap, clap, clap*. But how do you come on here and then say right above and after another Aura, who was very clear in saying that she pronounces her name "Awr-rah" as she's wrong?! Making some sort of reference to a grade school teacher who is mispronouncing the name. Get over yourself.
My name is Aura. I pronounce it the way my family pronounced it, the way everyone around me pronounced it which was definitely NOT "ORRAH". You pronounce your Aura the way you want to but don't tell others they're wrong for how they pronounce their names.
Oh and by the way, my family is Spanish speaking, so it's said phonetically, so it would sound more like "Ah-oo-ra". To someone who's not used to the Spanish accent and pronunciation, it might sound more like "Ow-oo-dah" (say it quickly) which again, sounds nothing like "ORRAH".
By the way, I have read on multiple sites that the Aura in reference to the light, seeing Aura's and energy is pronounced like "Orrah" but as a name, it is pronounced like Awr-rah.
And the Laura reference? No, that won't do. I've heard way too many people say, "La-ow-ra" when it's spelled "Laura". And "Lorrah" when it's spelled LORA.
So yes, there's a difference.
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Hmm, it's definitely not AWR-ə. The aur syllable is pronounced more like OR. It would be more like OR-ə. Just like Laura.
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In Finnish Aura is derived from Aurora (or the Finnish alternative form, Auroora), but it also means 'plough', is both a river and a municipality in southwest Finland, and is a popular type of blue cheese. As a given name it has been used over 3000 times and as a surname it has had a bit under a thousand bearers.
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Can also be pronounced "OR-uh".
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Also common in Catalonia.
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I would love to name my daughter Aura. Her sisters could be Echo, Mirage, and Spirit. :D
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This name is on the top of my list should I have children. Elegant, evocative, mystical. Would suit a child gifted in the arts, especially music and poetry. Or any little girl who is bright and charismatic.
To the poster who mentioned the combination of "Aura Lee" there is the French "Aurelie".
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To the poster who mentioned the combination of "Aura Lee" there is the French "Aurelie".
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Pretty. Kind of overly-modern and a bit corny, but pretty. It's a lot easier to pronounce than Aurora, and it's less used, too.
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Also a Finnish name.
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I guess it's sort of new age-y, like someone else said, but it's one of few "word names" I like. I currently love the combination Aura Clair (without the 'e', to reflect a surname like St. Clair).
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Aura is an extremely attractive name; Autumn and the rarer name, Autra, also have the "Au" prefix.
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This is a nice name, but it's a bit new-age-y.
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An Aura is the feeling or sensation a person gets right before they have a seizure.
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Aura was the name of the heroine in the Flash Gordon serials, made in the 1930's and 40's.
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No, actually, Aura was the daughter of the evil Emperor Ming. So she was the Princess. The heroine was Dale.
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Aura means "breeze" or "soft breeze" in Greek and Latin, so its origin is Greek not English. The more original Greek name is Aure (aw-REE) which I too like, perhaps even more but it's not in the name list. I think both are just soft and lovely.
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A soft, beautiful name with a mysterious yet simple and radiant quality. The meaning "soft breeze" is just sweet. I think this is a lovely name. I'd name my daughter this. Though I dislike when people pronounce Aura as OR-ah, that just isn't right. Sounds like they are trying to pronounce some exotic oriental name, lol. AW-rah is the correct pronunciation, at least to my ears and my taste.
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It's a very popular name in Guatemala and El Salvador.
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In Latin, "aura" means "air, blowing, breath, wind, upper air, heaven, smell, glitter, echo".
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Aura is sometimes associated with migraines and headaches which is a bit hesitating to name someone this, though it is a pretty name. A nice nickname would be "Auri" or "Aurie" instead of just Aura. A bearer of this name is Aura Catherine Williams b. July, 25 1913.
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A beautiful name with a graceful meaning, I think it fits a special person who is really unique!
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This is a beautiful name. A bearer of this name is in the poem: Aura Lee. It could also mean 'golden light.'
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Also an ancient Greek name from the ancient Greek word "aura", meaning "soft wind". In Greek mythology Aura was the goddess of the dawn wind, daughter of Perivoia and the Titan Lelantas.
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