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Aurora - sleeping beauty or northern lights

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nectarini1983 · 22/03/2016 20:31

Hello

Would appreciate some honest feedback...am 37 weeks pregnant with second daughter.

My current favourite name is Aurora but i want to know if people associate this with Disney/ Sleeping Beauty or with Aurora Borealis/ northern lights? I'm hoping it's the latter as dd1 doesn't have a 'disney princess' name but step daughter does and don't want her to feel left out! The many many joys of picking baby names!

Thanks ladies!

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nectarini1983 · 23/03/2016 06:47

I'm swaying towards Aurelia so thanks for that suggestion...starts the same and actually easier to say. I like the Spanish connection plus no Disney connotations?! Could be a winner! Xx

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Narp · 23/03/2016 06:45

I would think Disney

I also think it's a mouthful. Sorry.

If you want pretty and a bit exotic, what about a French name:

Elodie
Odette
Claudine
Sandrine

madwomanbackintheattic · 23/03/2016 03:47

Neither - it makes me think of Aurora Leigh, the poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning...

scrivette · 23/03/2016 03:28

Both, it's a lovely name.

KimmySchmidtsSmile · 22/03/2016 23:42

Disney

Aurélia is beautiful

Junosmum · 22/03/2016 23:35

Instantly sleeping beauty.

Aurora and Jasmine? I'd assume you were a Disney nut.

StarkyTheDirewolf · 22/03/2016 22:41

Both, I love it, doesn't work with our surname at all though sadly!

Bogburglar99 · 22/03/2016 22:39

Recently met a baby Aurelia? Any good?

LightTurquoise · 22/03/2016 22:35

I'm also in SE Eng:

LightTurquoise · 22/03/2016 22:34

I think of Northern Lights.

It's a gorgeous name! I'm just not the type to use it! Sad

TwoLittleBlooms · 22/03/2016 22:19

Love the name, I associate it immediately with Borealis - I think if it brought sleeping beauty to mind first for me then I couldn't use it - but that is just me and my quirks - it would still be a beautiful name!

hollyisalovelyname · 22/03/2016 22:10

Would you consider Aurelie ?
I think it's so pretty.

Micah · 22/03/2016 22:04

The high life :).

m.youtube.com/watch?v=I8p-nltshqE

Jade1212 · 22/03/2016 21:59

DH says: "northern lights, what's Sleeping Beauty got to do with it?" :D

marjolaine · 22/03/2016 21:36

I think goddess of dawn first. I love it and suggested it for DD but DH said pornstar Confused

RockUnit · 22/03/2016 21:24

Northern Lights Smile

The Northern Lights will still be there long after Disney/Sleeping Beauty have become dated.

aurorie11 · 22/03/2016 21:23

I think Greek Goddess of the dawn.... I've opted my real name

Roseberrry · 22/03/2016 21:20

Both. Dh loves that name but I can't stand it. Too much of a mouthful. I like a nice easy name that I can shout several times a day.

Jade1212 · 22/03/2016 21:18

Sleeping Beauty for me, sorry! Lovely name though. My friend has an Aurora and calls her Rori :)

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nectarini1983 · 22/03/2016 21:17

That's my fear JenniferAnistonsHair! Although have been pleasantly surprised with the amount of people here veering towards the lights: had expected the opposite.

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JenniferAnistonsHair · 22/03/2016 21:14

A friend of mine has an Aurora, named after the northern lights. Without exception, every single person assumes she's named after Sleeping Beauty. My friend gets the rage about it!!

BikeRunSki · 22/03/2016 21:12

Northern lights for me too.

camelfinger · 22/03/2016 21:09

Erring towards northern lights. It looks nice written down, but saying it out loud is clumsy for me. Would probably get used to it though!

OneMagnumisneverenough · 22/03/2016 21:08

I would think of the sound a dog makes when it's chewing a toffee.

Wolpertinger · 22/03/2016 21:07

I would think goddess of the dawn.