Aura

Where Aura comes from

The name of the deity is from Ancient Greek Αὔρα (Aúra), from αὔρα (aúra, “breeze”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Aura
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #539 among girls, 10 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #507
    13 babies named Aura — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1885
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1985
    Aura Dione born
    Danish singer-songwriter
  5. 1989
    Aura Garrido born
    Spanish actress
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Aurelia, from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Aura Dione · Danish singer-songwriter, born 1985
  • Aura Garrido · Spanish actress, born 1989
  • Aura Herzog · Israeli social and environmental activist, 1924–2022
  • Aura Elena Farfán · Guatemalan activist, born 1940
  • Aura Lolita Chavez Ixcaquic · Guatemalan human rights activist, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.