Alaura

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 35 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
35
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Alaura by the numbers

Alaura was given to 35 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 71 babies in 1989, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Alaura

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alaura. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Alaunabright; white28 in the US (2017)
  • Aluraelf ruler; a form of Allura15 in the US (2017)
  • Alara139 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alaira48 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Allura29 in the US (2017)
  • Amaura14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Alaura

Names that are said the same way as Alaura, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Alora173 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alorah5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alira8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Allora15 in the US (2017)
  • Alyra6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aleera10 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Alaura

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