Aura

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Female Female Name

Usage

Finland Finnish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

1) Short form of Aurora [1] [2]

2) Short form of Aurelia [1]

3) Allegoric name for Finland, from the Finnish river Aurajoki (Finnish name, Finnish joki = 'river') / Aura å (Swedish name, Swedish å = 'river') in south western Finland. Aura appears to come from Old Norse aurr = 'moist earth, clay' [1] [2]

4) Greek αύρα (aura) = 'breath, breeze' [1]

5) Short form of Rosaura [3]

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Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Auruson Faroe Islands

Female

Aurudóttir Faroe Islands

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Aura
Genitive: Auras
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Aura
Accusative: Auru
Dative: Auru
Genitive: Auru
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Aura
Genitive: Auran
Partitive: Auraa
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Aura
Genitive: Auras
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Aura
Genitive: Auras

Name Day

Finland Finland

10 March

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Finland Finland[5]
n.a.
3354
n.a.
3354 0 0
Denmark Denmark[6]
393
n.a.
393
n.a.
0
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[7]
107 183 104 178 3 5
Greenland Greenland[8]
0 175
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[9]
2 2
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[10]
28
n.a.
28
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Aura (f) Sources: [11]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  3. Judith Ahrholdt: Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de (2004-2024).
  4. Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  5. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  6. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  9. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  10. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  11. details see Name Statistic tables