Aurora

Meaning

Aurora comes from Latin aurora, meaning “dawn.” In classical tradition, Aurora was the dawn goddess, and the name has long been linked with the golden light of daybreak. Some older sources connect the name poetically with aurum (“gold”) because of that glowing light, though the core etymological sense is simply “dawn.”

Origin

Fun fact

In older French usage, the form Aurore became fashionable during the classicist revival of the Cinque-cento and remained in use thereafter.