http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/01/name-of-the-day-aurora/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/01/name-of-the-day-aurora/#comment-29600 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:03:11 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2472#comment-29600 [...] Rose, the original appellation of fairy tale princess Sleeping Beauty.  Disney re-christened her Aurora, so the current generation won’t see her as a member of the tiara club, but parents and [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/01/name-of-the-day-aurora/#comment-29511 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:02:48 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2472#comment-29511 [...] Dudevant was the French nobleman best known for marrying Aurore Dupin – the future George [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/01/name-of-the-day-aurora/#comment-28530 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:03:20 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2472#comment-28530 [...] Several early tellings of Sleeping Beauty, including the ones originally recorded by the Brothers Grimm, gave the somnolent princess’ name as Rosamond – though today Disney has cemented her name as Aurora. [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/01/name-of-the-day-aurora/#comment-28399 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:44:09 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2472#comment-28399 [...] way to get to Evie.  Other tine-of-day names have had their moments – think of Dawn and Aurora, and I still love Twyla.  The -ing ending is wildly uncommon for a given name, but why [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/01/name-of-the-day-aurora/#comment-26127 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:03:26 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2472#comment-26127 [...] Before Disney dubbed Sleeping Beauty Aurora, she often answered to Briar Rose in tellings of her tale.  Briar has that edgy, modern feel of [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/01/name-of-the-day-aurora/#comment-25846 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:02:48 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2472#comment-25846 [...] Aurora – A Disney princess that converts to the boyish Rory.  Aurora belongs in a ballgown, while Rory feels rough and tumble.  Hesitant to use Rory for a daughter?  Errol Flynn did, back in the 1950s, as did 1990s television favorite The Gilmore Girls, where Rory was a nickname for Lorelai. [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/01/name-of-the-day-aurora/#comment-23959 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:05:13 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2472#comment-23959 [...] Jo from The Facts of Life?  Actress Nancy McKeon is mom to two daughters, Aurora and [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/01/name-of-the-day-aurora/#comment-23540 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:03:49 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2472#comment-23540 [...] and Olivia.  Plus she is sometimes suggested as a formal name for Story, sort of like the Rory/Aurora connection.  There’s no etymological link whatsoever, but the sounds make it an option.  [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/01/name-of-the-day-aurora/#comment-23152 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:55:27 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2472#comment-23152 [...] Pro wrestling star Triple H named his second daughter Murphy Claire in 2008.   (Big sister is Aurora Rose, little sister is Vaughn [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/06/01/name-of-the-day-aurora/#comment-19751 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:08:15 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2472#comment-19751 [...] to British American for directing me to a thread where I found the following sibset: Aurora Dawn and Rain Storm. Only they decided Rain didn’t suit daughter #2, so she was rechristend [...]

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