The Name says it all!

Princess Aurora is a fictional character from Walt Disney's animated cartoon Sleeping Beauty

 NOMEN OMEN is a Latin expression that means "The name says it all".

Aurora is a beautiful name in Italian, in recent years after famous Italian pop singer Eros Ramazzotti named his first daughter "Aurora", many girls in Italy were named "Aurora" with a revival of the name, last used in the 1960s. The repetition of the letter "R" in Italian makes this name sound very beautiful to listen to.  In general, the letter "R" in Italian reinforces the meaning of words. 

In Italy when we hear the name "Aurora" we may think of a famous pens brand called "Aurora" as well as in the United States people may think of the fictional character of the Disney movie "Sleeping Beauty". I am wondering what this name may lead our thoughts to in our different cultures. I personally like the name "Aurora" because it evokes in me the start of a new day.

Based on the recent events coming from the United States and exactly from Colorado, I researched the origins of the name AURORA. In the United States, there are twenty different cities named "Aurora" as well as one county in South Dakota.

The word "aurora" in Italian describes three different entries: 1. the atmospheric event that takes place right after dawn and before sunrise. This part of the daybreak is accompanied by purple beams. Also used for the "aurora Boreale" (tr. northern lights) and "aurora Polare" (tr. southern lights); 2. in the idiomatic expression used to describe the start of something positive: the dawn of civilization, the dawn of life; 3. a group of butterflies carries the name "Aurora". From the point of view of the meaning, the usage of the word aurora is probably similar in the Italian and English languages.

But etymologically the word Aurora must be exactly the same in our languages, because of the fact that Latin, Sanskrit, and Ancient Greek, that gave birth to the name Aurora are extinct languages, their meaning is petrified and eternal to the passing of time.

Etymologically the word "Aurora" in Latin, Sanskrit, and Ancient Greek comes from: "shine", "glow", "light", "brightness", "gold". The same roots giving birth to "Aurora" lead to the words "Euro", "Gold", "Austria", "Heliacal". The actual word "Aurora" is powerful, positive, lively, providing strength and hope.

In Italy nowadays etymology is restricted to a few fans of this subject. We have gotten used to second, third, fourth-hand images or products and we do not go to the source of things, which to me is very important.

I think of this kind of research as a healthy and educational practice, to some extent a healing path that may be very supportive in many ways. It is independent of religious beliefs and restrictions. It takes us directly to our common roots, it makes us feel one whole body. If you go to the source, you do not depend on anybody, you are free from influences coming from other sources. It makes you think and use your own brain.

Etymology means finding the actual origin of names. The same research process of the origins that they did in the Renaissance. Indeed the expression "Nomen Omen" nowadays is used ironically by seeing the irony in the apparent aptness of a name. It's based on the process of change in using expressions due to the passing of time." Nomen Omen" would be used in expressions such as, "X by name, X by nature", "The name says it all!".

On the contrary for the Romans family names were very important and they were signs of destiny, a prediction.  This is where the Latin expression "Nomen Omen" comes from. It is also known as "Nomina Sunt Omina" (tr. names are predictions, speaking names)  for the plural expression.

By going back to the origins, way down to the concept of consistency, based on the message of strength, beauty, and life that the original name Aurora carries within itself, I wish the best recovery to the Community of Aurora, Colorado for the start of a new season in their life.

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Curiosity: in Italian, we have a saying that goes "Il Mattino ha l'oro in bocca", originally in Latin "Aurora aurum in ore habet" (literal tr. "Aurora has gold in her mouth")

usually translated in English: "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." or "The early bird catches the worm".  It is probably because of the origin of the name Aurora that gold is mentioned as an example of the precious opportunity of the early hours of the day to get the best from work and/or from studying.

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- Original Posts by Roberta Niccacci -

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