Aura
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Spanish: Latin aura 'soplo, brisa, efluvio', from Greek aéra/āḗr-related form
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/auɾa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Aura is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Venezuela than in any other country. In Nicaragua it is the 39th most common given name.
- NINicaragua≈1 in 342(inferred from the name graph)
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 519
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 732
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Aura itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Venezuela (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 263 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 342 (inferred from the name graph)
≈55,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nicaragua, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Latin aura 'soplo, brisa, efluvio', from Greek aéra/āḗr-related form.
Sources 1
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
How Aura is read(measured from records)
Aura is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish67%
Latin aura 'soplo, brisa, efluvio', from Greek aéra/āḗr-related form.
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
- English18%
A subtle emanation or exhalation of any substance, such as an aroma or odour.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
mother of Inachus
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Aura, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Aura counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VE Venezuela | #108 | ≈55,000 est. | ≈1 in 519 | — | Aura | 62 |
| CO Colombia | #207 | ≈42,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | 38 | Aura | 138 |
| GT Guatemala | #49 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 732 | — | Aura | 35 |
| NI Nicaragua | #39 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 342 | — | Aura | 24 |
| US United States | — | 10,770 | 1 in 31K | 11K | Aura | 263 |
| FI Finland | — | 3,475as Aira | 1 in 1.6K | 8.4K | Aura | 9 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the co-datosgov-candidates register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Aura is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Latin; from aura/Auguste, related to Aurélie and Auriane; gloss: « en or » / feminine form of Auguste.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In Portuguese, aura (an invisible force surrounding a living creature)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
name of a woman (K)
as a nameSunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Aura Kiiskinenb. 1878FIFinnish politician (1878-1968)
- Aura Herzogb. 1924ILIsraeli social and environmental activist (1924–2022)
- Aura D'Angelob. 1939ITItalian singer
- Aura Elena Farfánb. 1940GTGuatemalan activist
- Aura Urziceanub. 1946RORomanian musician (born 1946)
- Aura Cristina Geithnerb. 1967COColombian actress
- Aura Dioneb. 1985DKDanish singer-songwriter
- Aura Garridob. 1989ESSpanish film and television actress
- Aura Rolenzettib. 1989ITItalian actress and model
- Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyob. 1998IDIndonesian badminton player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 95 sources across 46 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 11K | #2,342 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 3.5K | #391 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 1.7K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 333 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 47 | #2,342 |
| CO Colombia | Colombia — Función Pública SIGEP II public-servant name corpus (datos.gov.co) | — | 38 | #83 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 20 | #19,888 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 7 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Aura?
- A machine transcription gives /auɾa/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What does the name Aura mean, and where does it come from?
- Latin aura 'soplo, brisa, efluvio', from Greek aéra/āḗr-related form. Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.
- In which country does Aura have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 55 thousand people named Aura in Venezuela, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aura.
- Is Aura a male or female name?
- Aura is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Aura?
- In the etymology graph, Avra is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Aura?
- In the United States, the national register counted 10,770 people named Aura in 2020, about 1 in 31 thousand residents.
- How common is Aura compared with other names?
- In Venezuela, Aura is the 108th most common given name of 218,181 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/auraThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aura” — the 108th most common given name in Venezuela. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.