AURORA  

Gender: F
Origin: Latin
Meaning: "dawn"

Popularity in 2008: #288

This poetic name of the Roman goddess of sunrise and of Sleeping Beauty, would be sure to make any little girl feel like a princess.

Variations:
Ora, Rory, Zora, Orie, Rora, Zorica, Ori, Arora

International Variations:
Aurore (French)

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