First names in Hebrew

First name Aurora: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

שחר

Gematria value: 508

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Aurora is written שחר

שחרThe Hebrew name with the same meaningShachar, "dawn", is a Hebrew first name given to girls and boys.Value: 508

אורורהAs it sounds in EnglishThe Hebrew letters that transcribe the sound of your name: for a book that reads this sound rather than the origin of the name.Value: 418

Meaning and origin

What does Aurora mean?

Meaning: "dawn" (Latin aurora)
Origin: Latin

Your name comes from the Latin aurora, "dawn", the first light of morning. It also brings to mind the aurora borealis, the northern lights. It has been carried by fairy-tale princesses, and it has risen fast among American girls' names since the 2010s.

Gematria

Aurora = 508

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. שחר has 3 letters:

שthe letter Shin300
חthe letter Chet8
רthe letter Resh200
Total508

Written אורורה (as it sounds in English), Aurora is worth 418.

The verse of the name

From the letter Shin to the letter Resh

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Aurora, from ש to ר:

שְׂאוּ־מָרוֹם עֵינֵיכֶם וּרְאוּ מִי־בָרָא אֵלֶּה הַמּוֹצִיא בְמִסְפָּר צְבָאָם לְכֻלָּם בְּשֵׁם יִקְרָא מֵרֹב אוֹנִים וְאַמִּיץ כֹּחַ אִישׁ לֹא נֶעְדָּר׃

“Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number and calls each of them by name; so great is His might and so strong His power that not one is missing.”

Isaiah 40:26

The book of your first name

Aurora, in nine pages

Aurora, in Hebrew
Letter by letter
The number of your name
The verse of your name
The portrait of Aurora
Aurora, day to day
What tradition says about names
The sources

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Frequently asked

Aurora in three answers

How do you write Aurora in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Aurora is written שחר. As it sounds in English, it is written אורורה.

What is the gematria value of Aurora?
Written שחר, Aurora is worth 508: the letter Shin (300) + the letter Chet (8) + the letter Resh (200). Written אורורה (as it sounds in English), it is worth 418.

What does Aurora mean?
Dawn" (Latin aurora) (origin: Latin). Your name comes from the Latin aurora, "dawn", the first light of morning. It also brings to mind the aurora borealis, the northern lights. It has been carried by fairy-tale princesses, and it has risen fast among American girls' names since the 2010s.

A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).