Aura

Greek

"soft breeze"

Aura Origin and Meaning

The name Aura is a girl's name meaning "soft breeze".

Aura is a New Age-y word turned name turned contemporary slang for karm. In Greek and Roman mythology, Aura was the Titan of the breeze and the fresh, cool air of early morning. But at odds with her peaceful, well, aura, the mythological Aura is a tragic figure, ultimately transformed into a fountain by Zeus.

At the end of the nineteenth century, Aura was not that unusual: she reached Number 511 on the Social Security list in 1882. Princess Aura was a character in the old comic strip Flash Gordon.

Aura is currently popular in some areas of Central America. And for the first time since 1901, Aura has joined the US Top 1000 for girls in 2023. Time will tell if the slang meaning of Aura will help or hurt its popularity as a name.

Aura Rank in US Top 1000

# 960 in the US

Aura Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 377 on Nameberry

Aura Popularity

• 960 US 2023
• 377 Nameberry 2024
• 35 Unique 2022
• 595 England 2021

20 Names Similar to Aura

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Famous People Named Aura

• Aura Dione stage name of Maria Louise Joensen, Danish pop singer
• Aurelia "Aura" (Msimang) Lewis South African reggae singer
• Aura Urziceanu Romanian pop singer
• Aura Twarowska (born Aurora Eleonora Avram) Romanian operatic mezzo,soprano
• Au/Ra stage name of Jamie Lou Stenzel, German,Antiguan pop singer

Aura in Pop Culture

• Aura Salvatore character in Jeri Smith,Ready's Shade Trilogy
• Aurra Sing a bounty hunter in Star Wars series
• Aura princess character in the Flash Gordon series
• Aura main character in the film "Tiny Furniture"
• Aura character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Aura spirit in the Seiken Densetsu series
• Aura character in the .hack anime series
• Aura aka Morgan DuBay superheroine in Malibu Comics
• Aura Stannist a character in the Ziva Payvan series by EJ Fisch
• Aura Blackquill character in 'Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Duel Destinies'
• Aura the Finnish Maiden, national personification of Finland, named for the Aura River
• "Aura " novel by Carlos Fuentes
• "Aura: Maryà «inkà ga Saigo no Tatakai " a light novel and anime
• "Aura" album by British rock band Asia
• "Aura " song by Lady Gaga
• Aura cigarette brand
• AURA was the Titan goddess of the breeze and the fresh cool air of early morning. She was a virgin,huntress who was excessively proud of her maidenhood. In her hubris she dared to compare her body with that of the goddess Artemis, claiming that the goddess was too womanly in form to be a true virgin. Artemis sought out Nemesis (Retribution) to avenge her dignity, and as punishment, Aura suffered rape at the hands of Dionysos. This crime drove her to madness and in her fury she became a ruthless, slayer of men. When her twin sons were born, Aura swallowed one whole, whilst the second was snatched to safety by Artemis. Zeus then transformed her into a stream (or perhaps her namesake breeze "aura").