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Middle names that go with the name Aurora

171 replies

RedRobyn2021 · 01/01/2025 21:28

Looking for a middle name that goes with the name Aurora please

Baby is a week old and everyone keeps asking us for the name but we don't want to announce it until we've decided on the whole name

I thought Rose but we also were considering Evelyn

Other suggestions would be appreciated please

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HugoYorway · 02/01/2025 07:38

@PreggersWithBaby2 , Who made you the thread prefect?

Lampzade · 02/01/2025 07:38

Joy

PreggersWithBaby2 · 02/01/2025 07:37

HugoYorway · 02/01/2025 07:05

I don't like Aurora at all.

OP didn't ask for opinions on Aurora as a name

HugoYorway · 02/01/2025 07:05

I don't like Aurora at all.

Theoldwoman · 02/01/2025 04:11

Some short and simple.

Aurora Kate
Aurora Jade
Aurora Clare
Aurora Paige
Aurora Eve
Aurora Faith
Aurora Tess
Aurora Brooke
Aurora Joy
Aurora Bree
Aurora Indi
Aurora Zoe
Aurora Lucy
Aurora May
Aurora Ivy

mathanxiety · 02/01/2025 04:04

Aurora Noelle
Aurora Madeleine
Aurora Valentina
Aurora Jessamine
Aurora Felicity
Aurora Clementine
Aurora Violet
Aurora Christabel
Aurora Pearl
Aurora Francesca
Aurora Penelope
Aurora Daphne

I don't think a middle name beginning with a vowel, an R, or the letter L would work.

AliCatWalk · 02/01/2025 03:59

Aurora Fae

user1492757084 · 02/01/2025 03:41

Aurora Elspeth
Aurora Beth
Aurora Grace
Aurora Jane
Aurora Tess
Aurora Ellen
Aurora Constance
Aurora Catherine

springbabydays · 01/01/2025 23:57

Are you in Scotland?

As I don't think this name works at all unless you've got an accent that makes the r sound harder, like the Scottish one would.

Otherwise to me it sounds like "a roarer" and then I just think of lions... and then as above you have those with speech impediments around the letter r. Could be problematic!

Also as above, it needs a hard sound to come after, not a vowel and definitely not another r. So neither of your two initial suggestions.

Sorry. Just not a fan.

eggandonion · 01/01/2025 23:53

Belle.
And speech therapist can assist with R if needed.

Crispynoodle · 01/01/2025 23:53

Delphine

OolongTeaDrinker · 01/01/2025 23:50

Downtherivers · 01/01/2025 23:11

Pick a ‘normal’ middle name so that she can choose (if she wishes to) to go by her middle name when older. I can’t imagine many people want to use the name Aurora in the office

I work with a 30 something Aurora, never thought her name was particularly out there it’s just her name 🤷🏻‍♀️

PreggersWithBaby2 · 01/01/2025 23:42

Consider having no middle name if you are really struggling? Nobody uses it anyway. I like the suggestion a few others have said of a middle name after someone on the family. I think 1 syllable names sound best with Aurora. My fave suggestions on this thread are Aurora Kate or Aurora Jade.

sel2223 · 01/01/2025 23:42

Congratulations OP.

As Aurora is quite a flouncy name, I'd go for something very simple with 1 syllable for the middle name:

Aurora Grace
Aurora Jean
Aurora Fern
Aurora Leigh
Aurora May
Aurora Kate

Julianoia · 01/01/2025 23:36

Bigearringsbigsmile · 01/01/2025 22:39

I know an aurora who can't say her Rs
I would be thinking of an alternative honestly

Ahwoahwa?

Downtherivers · 01/01/2025 23:11

Pick a ‘normal’ middle name so that she can choose (if she wishes to) to go by her middle name when older. I can’t imagine many people want to use the name Aurora in the office

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 01/01/2025 23:02

Aurora Paige
Aurora Madison
Aurora Daisy
Aurora Jasmine
Aurora Jade
Aurora Skye
Aurora Belle

BootballJoy · 01/01/2025 22:54

Aurora is a pretty name. I think middle needs to start with a consonant and be quite short.

Aurora Maeve
Aurora Lucy
Aurora Julie
Aurora Kate
Aurora Phoebe
Aurora Quinn
Aurora Daphne

Moreteaandchocolate · 01/01/2025 22:50

I love the pp suggestion of Aurora Jade. Or do you like

Aurora Florence
Aurora Louise
Aurora Kate
Aurora Maeve
Aurora Chloe
Aurora Zoe
Aurora Tess
Aurora Jess
Aurora Lily
Aurora Claire
Aurora Holly
Aurora Phoebe
Aurora Hazel
Aurora Lucy
Aurora Willow
Aurora Cleo
Aurora Dorothy
Aurora Mabel

Iwishiwasagiraffe · 01/01/2025 22:41

Aurora Maeve
Aurora Seren
Aurora Nel
Aurora Neve
Aurora Eloise
Aurora Megan
Aurora Winter
Aurora Primrose

ChippedIkeaFurniture · 01/01/2025 22:40

Aurora Belle

AInightingale · 01/01/2025 22:40

There's an Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem called 'Aurora Leigh' but maybe that's a bit much! Cool name to have though.

Bigearringsbigsmile · 01/01/2025 22:39

I know an aurora who can't say her Rs
I would be thinking of an alternative honestly

Waggytail · 01/01/2025 22:38

Aurora Sophie?

brummumma · 01/01/2025 22:35

I'd avoid Aurora all together ....honestly...it's awful. You are raising an actual human being who will be an adult one day not a Disney princess. I'd be a bit embarrassed if anyone in my immediate family called their baby it