Aura

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Thoughts on the name Aura?

No. It brings to mind migraines and Rita. It looks pretty in writing but doesn't sound nice at all. Very ugly in fact.

Maybe Aurora? I agree with a PP.

It will get misheard as Laura every time.

It’s the name given to the sensation many suffers get right before migraines and epileptic fits, not a pleasant association for a child’s name.

This name is common in South America but it's actually pronounced "Ow-ra" I quite like it pronounced like that but not "Or-ra" because that's a migraine symptom.

Negative connotations for me, sorry.

Not keen

A lifetime of misspelled and mispronunciations await the poor child...

Awful sorry

Aurora is a very pretty name with a similar sound. Laura is lovely too and not that common these days.

Am surprised at myself but I actually like it. Looks and sounds pretty.

Hadn't heard of the migraine thing, and Aurora sounds like it has one syllable too many!
Aura isn't too different to Orla? Laura sounds too 80s :(

Orla is much nicer. I work with one, and everyone I hear or see the name I think how lovely it is. Classic and unusual at the same time.

Don't like aura. What about Lara?

Every time rather.

If I met someone called aura I would roll my eyes and think the parents were a bit woo. Probably into reiki / homeopathy / amber teething shit etc. Maybe anti vaxxers. I live in Bristol though so I've become pretty adept at filtering out these types.

My friends little newborn is called Aura. She is far from the judgemental description mentioned above. I think it's beautiful OP. I'd keep off this thread now and just call your baby whatever you want. My daughters name. Didn't her the best reaction on here. However we used it anyway and it gets compliments daily!!

I like it.

How about Audra?

Pretty in writing; not so great when said out loud I’m afraid

I prefer aurora, I think this is a beautiful name with a gorgeous meaning and sleeping beauty connotations.

I met a toddler Aura recently. I’d never heard it before.

Not sure about it as a stand-alone name but it could be a nickname for Aurelia (rather than Ray which is an awful shortening for such a pretty name).

No. It's the name of a migraine symptom. So many other names to choose which have no negative connotations.

Looks pretty in writing but just reminds me of sicky migraines :(

I’d assume hippy parents. But wouldn’t be as narrowly provincial and judgemental as Chwara, who sounds like the kind of person I would ‘filter out.’

Aurora, Aurelia, Aurelie, Audrey, Aubrey, Oriane, Ornella.

I'd assume hippy parents who wanted to be creative and unique. (And I'm a migraine sufferer).
It just sounds like a random word someone has decided would be OK as a name.
Aurora would saddle you with a lifetime of pronunciation corrections and queries. English way or Italian?