Aurora
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Aurora.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Aurora (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Aurora has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 10 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | 18 |
| 2002 | 17 |
| 2003 | 16 |
| 2004 | 25 |
| 2005 | 24 |
| 2006 | 27 |
| 2007 | 25 |
| 2008 | 26 |
| 2009 | 28 |
| 2010 | 35 |
| 2011 | 29 |
| 2012 | 47 |
| 2013 | 46 |
| 2014 | 58 |
| 2015 | 65 |
| 2016 | 74 |
| 2017 | 81 |
| 2018 | 96 |
| 2019 | 86 |
| 2020 | 105 |
| 2021 | 102 |
| 2022 | 103 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 247 |
| 2000 | 255 |
| 2001 | 275 |
| 2002 | 293 |
| 2003 | 309 |
| 2004 | 340 |
| 2005 | 366 |
| 2006 | 398 |
| 2007 | 423 |
| 2008 | 453 |
| 2009 | 483 |
| 2010 | 521 |
| 2011 | 552 |
| 2012 | 602 |
| 2013 | 657 |
| 2014 | 713 |
| 2015 | 784 |
| 2016 | 875 |
| 2017 | 966 |
| 2018 | 1,075 |
| 2019 | 1,163 |
| 2020 | 1,266 |
Aurora in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Aurora.Hi! My name is Aurora.
- Aurora bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Aurora lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Aurora i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Aurora this afternoon.
- Auroras mamma är lärare.Aurora's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Auroras mamma is Aurora's mum.
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Questions about Aurora
How do you pronounce Aurora in Swedish?
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What does the name Aurora mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Aurora.
How popular is Aurora in Sweden?
103 babies were named Aurora in 2022. In 2020, 1,266 people in Sweden had Aurora as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2020 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.