Amaura
Meaning of Amaura
Amaura, pronounced /əˈmɔrə/, is a feminine given name whose etymology is delineated by two principal theories: one derives it from the Germanic personal name Amalric—via Old French Amaury—thus framing Amaura as its hypothetical feminine counterpart and inheriting the morphemes amal (“work”) and ric (“ruler”); the other aligns it with Aurora, the Latin designation for the dawn goddess, thereby conferring symbolic associations of renewal. In the United States, Amaura has registered a moderate upward shift in popularity, rising from rank 934 with 13 recorded births in 2021 to rank 928 with 22 births in 2024, a trajectory indicative of its measured integration into the lower quartile of the top 1,000 female names. Phonetically, its structure—initial schwa, stressed open-mid back rounded vowel, medial alveolar approximant, and final schwa—produces a balanced acoustic profile that meets contemporary Anglo-American preferences for names combining classical resonance with distinctive orthographic identity.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as ah-MOR-uh (/əˈmɔrə/)
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