Aurora (name)
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Aurora is a given name
for women, originating from the Latin
word for dawn
. Aurora
was the ancient Roman equivalent of Eos
, the ancient Greek
goddess
of the dawn
.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
for women, originating from the Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
word for dawn
Dawn
Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of the twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the presence of weak sunlight, while the sun itself is still below the horizon...
. Aurora
Aurora (mythology)
Aurora is the Latin word for dawn, the goddess of dawn in Roman mythology and Latin poetry.Like Greek Eos and Rigvedic Ushas , Aurora continues the name of an earlier Indo-European dawn goddess, *Hausos....
was the ancient Roman equivalent of Eos
Eos
In Greek mythology, Eos is the Titan goddess of the dawn, who rose from her home at the edge of Oceanus, the ocean that surrounds the world, to herald her brother Helios, the Sun.- Greek literature :...
, the ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
goddess
Goddess
A goddess is a female deity. In some cultures goddesses are associated with Earth, motherhood, love, and the household. In other cultures, goddesses also rule over war, death, and destruction as well as healing....
of the dawn
Dawn
Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of the twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the presence of weak sunlight, while the sun itself is still below the horizon...
.
Notable people bearing the name include:
- Aurora BautistaAurora Bautista-Selected filmography:*1999 Adiós con el corazón, de José Luis García Sánchez*1988 Amanece, que no es poco, de José Luis Cuerda*1987 Divinas palabras, de José Luis García Sánchez*1985 Extramuros, de Miguel Picazo...
(born 1925), a Spanish film actress - Aurora BrowneAurora BrowneAurora Browne is a Canadian actress and comedian originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, currently based out of Toronto. In 2000, she was nominated for the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award. Also in that year she was hired by Toronto's The Second City comedy troupe...
, Canadian actress and comedian - Aurora CáceresAurora CáceresZoila Aurora Cáceres Moreno was a writer associated with the literary movement known as modernismo. This European-based daughter of a Peruvian president wrote novels, essays, travel literature and a biography of her husband, the Guatemalan novelist Enrique Gómez Carrillo.Her life itself is...
(1877–1958), a Peruvian-European writer of the "modernismo" literary movement - Aurora CarlsonAurora CarlsonAurora Carlson is a television presenter and China scholar.In 2007, Aurora Carlson was hired as the youngest-ever PRC Foreign Expert to China Central Television . She hosted a weekly series called Rediscovering China, a documentary-style program exploring socio-economic changes throughout the...
(born 1987), a television presenter and China scholar - Aurora CastilloAurora CastilloAurora Castillo was a Mexican-American environmentalist from Los Angeles, California. She co-founded The Mothers of East Los Angeles in 1984. The MELA organization has fought against a scheduled oil pipeline, and against a planned toxic waste incinerator, and they stopped a waste treatment plant...
(1914-1998), a Mexican-American who co-founded the Mothers of East Los Angeles (MELA) organization - Aurora ClavelAurora ClavelAurora Clavel is a Mexican film and television actress who is noted for her roles in the movies Tarahumara and Once upon a Scroundel , as well as in numerous telenovelas...
(born 1936), a Mexican film and television actress - Aurora CunhaAurora CunhaAurora Cunha is a retired long-distance runner from Portugal, who represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. She won several marathons during her career, including Paris , Tokyo , Chicago and Rotterdam .-Achievements:-References:...
(born 1959), a Portuguese long-distance runner - Aurora Reyes FloresAurora Reyes FloresAurora Reyes Flores was a Mexican painter, as well as the first female exponent of Mexican muralism.- Biography :...
(1908-1985), a Mexican painter and member of the Mexican muralism movement - Aurora Karamzina née Stjernvall (1808–1902), a Finnish Swede philanthropist and noblewoman
- Aurora Königsmarck (1662–1728), mistress of Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland
- Aurora MartinezAurora MartinezAurora 'Rory' Martínez, usually credited simply as “Rory,” is the credited director of at least 72 publicly-released movies. She currently resides in Chicago, Illinois and is happily married to Christian Guajardo and owns a dog....
, director of over 70 Spanish-language action movies - Aurora MirandaAurora MirandaAurora Miranda da Cunha was a Brazilian entertainer. Her sister was Carmen Miranda. Miranda began her career at the age of 18 in 1933...
(1915-2005), a Brazilian entertainer - Aurora Levins MoralesAurora Levins MoralesAurora Levins Morales is a Puerto Rican Jewish writer and poet. She is significant within Latina feminism as well as other social justice movements.-Early life and education:...
(born 1954), a Puerto Rican writer and poet - Aurora NilssonAurora NilssonAurora Nilsson, also known as Rora Asim Khan , was a Swedish writer who became known for her autobiographical novel about her experiences in Afghanistan during her marriage to an Afghan diplomat, Asim Khan, in the 1920s. A novel is based upon her story...
(1894–1972), Swedish writer - Aurora Pijuan, the 1970 titleholder of the Miss International beauty pageant
- Aurora QuezonAurora QuezonAurora Antonia Aragón de Molina Vd.ª De Quezón , usually known simply as Aurora Quezón, and sometimes as Aurora Aragón-Quezón, was the wife of Philippine President Manuel Luis Quezón and the First Lady of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944...
(1888–1949), first spouse of a Philippine president to be called First Lady - Aurora RoblesAurora RoblesAurora Robles is a Mexican fashion model.Robles has appeared in many top quality fashion shows in Mexico and Europe...
(born 1980), supermodel - Aurora SnowAurora SnowAurora Snow is the stage name of an American pornographic actress and occasional director.-Early life:Snow was born and raised in Santa Maria, California, but also spent time in Albuquerque, New Mexico...
(born 1981), American pornographic actress - Aurora VenturiniAurora VenturiniAurora Venturini is an Argentine novelist, short story writer, poet, translator and essayist.-Biography:...
(born 1922) an Argentine writer and translator - Aurora Wilhelmina KoskullAurora Wilhelmina KoskullAurora Wilhelmina Koskull was a Swedish lady-in-waiting and politically active salonist.She was the daughter of the courtier Baron Otto Anders Koskull and Amalia Beata Silfversparre. Married in 1806 to Count Magnus Fredrik Brahe .Koskull became one of the first maids-of-honor appointed to the new...
(1778-1852), Swedish lady-in-waiting and salonist
Fictional characters named Aurora include:
- AuroraAurora (Disney)Princess Aurora is a fictional character and the title character from Disney's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty , as well as an official Disney Princess.The Disney version of the character was based on the French version of the tale by Charles Perrault, written in 1634 in Histoires ou Contes du...
, a princess from the Disney film Sleeping Beauty - Aurora FloydAurora FloydAurora Floyd is a 1912 American silent short drama film directed by Theodore Marston based on a novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Starring William Garwood, Florence La Badie and Harry Benham...
, a character from Mary Elizabeth Braddon's novel of the same name - Aurora LeighAurora LeighAurora Leigh is an eponymous epic novel/poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The poem is written in blank verse and encompasses nine books . It is a first person narration, from the point of view of Aurora; its other heroine, Marian Erle, is an abused self-taught child of itinerant parents...
, a character in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem of the same name - Aurora TeagardenAurora TeagardenAurora Teagarden is a fictional character created by author Charlaine Harris, in a series of eight Crime novels written from 1990 to 2003.In the first book of the series, twenty-eight-year-old Aurora Teagarden is a professional librarian and belongs to the Real Murders club, a group of 12...
, a character created by author Charlaine Harris - Aurora Thorpe, the title character of Helen Barnes's novel Killing AuroraKilling AuroraKilling Aurora is a novel by Helen Barnes about a girl with anorexia. It was published in 1999 by Penguin Books.-Plot summary:The novel contains two central characters, both fourteen years of age: the first, Aurora Thorpe, has been forced by her overprotective mother and stepfather to attend the...