Amaura

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Amaura by the numbers

Amaura was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Amaura

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 Amaura. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Amaragrace, beauty, eternal449 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amayra70 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amoura17 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amaira37 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alaura35 in the US (2017)
  • Amarra28 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Amaura

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

  • Amiraprincess; female form of amir396 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amirahprincess; noblewoman189 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amarahimmortal; eternal; a form of Amara52 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ameeraprincess; female form of amir81 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ameerahprincess, female ruler76 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amyrahprincess or noblewoman; a form of Amirah29 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Amaura

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