Azure

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English color name
"sky blue"
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Azure Origin and Meaning

The name Azure is a girl's name of French origin meaning "sky blue".

Azure is a colorful gender-neutral choice, currently used equally for baby girls and boys in the US. It refers to a specific shade of blue seen in a cloudless sky. Elon Musk recently revealed Azure to be the name of his daughter with Shivon Zilis, twin sister to Strider. While X and Y didn't stand a chance at greater popularity, parents may be inspired to use the name Azure following this celebrity endorsement.

In the Middle Ages, azure was another name for lapis lazuli, the gemstone used to make the brilliant pigment seen in much medieval art.

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Famous People Named Azure

  • Azure Parsons
    American actress
  • Azure Sanders (b. 2007)
    daughter of TV personality Ed Sanders; triplet of sisters Scarlette and Lucia

The name Azure in Pop Culture

  • Prince Azure Furlow
    male character in Lauren DeStefano's "The Internment Chronicles"
  • Azure Miles
    main character in Orson Scott Card's "Laddertop" series