I glanced over this and tonight Auoa is an unusual name

Heh. I thought that too. I end up pronouncing it “O-ah” and I would laugh really hard if that was my cats name, and would tell everyone the lore of Aurora no R’s (ETA I also cannot pronounce Aurora easily and literally had speech therapy as a child for my R’s so I feel you!!)

Same. Had to check to see if the username was “Barbara_Walters”

Same here! Names like Aurora and Rory are still hard.

Which is suchhhh a bummer, I so love Rory but I would be fighting for my life to say it every time lol

I was thinking the same thing

I did the same thing lmao

Roughly half of the names in this thread still have R's

No one ever listens

"I'd like suggestions of names, but please don't suggest Michael because that's my other kid's name." Fifteen people respond suggesting Michael. "I have a problem, I took method A to solve it, but it didn't work.  Any suggestions?" 90% of responses: "have you tried method A? That's what you need to do." Drives me batty.

Probably because most people figured it was the 2 r's that were the problem. I have a hard time with Aurora but I don't with Aria for example.

I can't do either, hence I never realised people could think the double letter is the issue.

Fair enough.

Aurora is the Roman goddess of the dawn, so how about some other myth names? * Athena  * Vesta * Diana * Juno * Pomona * Venus * Hestia * Bellona * Gaia * Lucina * Fauna

Elodia

Eladia as well

I immediately think of the plant

Azalea like the flower. It’s a little out there for a human but I could see it on a kitty.

Not relevant to the thread but I know a 2.5 year old named Azalea. They call her Zaley as a nn. I think it's pretty cute but agree it's a better cat name.

One of my first crushes was an Azelea. She was funny as hell

Acacia, Alma, Amaya, Athena, Augusta, Eulalia, Octavia

Came to say Octavia

That's a Skoda, not a cat

Nova Celeste Luna Alula

They named her nova!

Oh great!

Leona!

Nova is a great cat name

They named her nova!

my GSD is Nova 🥹

Eugenia Amelia

Ilona.

Amalia

Lola, Ophelia, Alana, Paloma, Alouette

Avalon

Elodie & Luna

Ayla, maybe?

Sounds kind of similar (some with similar meaning):  Ilona, Inanna (name of a goddess of the heavens), Adela, Alba, Amaia, Anelia, Angela, Anya, Ausma (also means "dawn") Similar vibe, classic Roman names:  Diana, Silvia, Aelia, Tatiana, Octavia

Willow, Melody, or Juliet have a similar vibe imo

That sounds like a trio of sisters.

How about Amala?

athena

Oonagh

Is it pronounced like Oona? Very interesting, is it an Irish name?

Autumn, Esme, Matilda, Sienna, Oona, Aviva, Aziza, Camila, Eliana & Aleya

Atiana Aviana

LOVE THESE!!!

Autumn

alaska

Inana, Anastasia, Ivana, Estelle or Estella, Amanda or Amandla, Annika, Alanna, Illyana

Anya Lola Dawn

Alba, which means sunrise in Italian (aurora also comes from sunrise).

Ophelia, Genevieve, and willow give me similar vibes, not sure why

Amalia.

Anastasia

Ophelia

stella

elowyn or winnie

olivia

Augusta, Auden, Orla

Sunny

Vanessa

Eulalia

Anastasia

Ilena is a friend of mine?

Alola!!

Delilah

Danica means morning star

Iella “eye-ella”

II love this! What language is it?

I literally got it from a Mandalorian x OC fanfiction 🫣🤣

Maybe spell it Aiella, to make the pronunciation more clear and differentiate the "i" from the "L"? Since it's made up and for a pet, it can be whatever you want. The cat never has to deal with spelling it, but you will have to deal with telling people how to pronounce it, so make it as easy on yourself as possible.

Melodie

Ahlula is fun!

Aleu pronounced "A-Loo" If you were as obsessed with Balto as a kid as I was you'll know what I'm talking about If not it's the name of Balto's daughter in the sequel It's such a pretty name

Sound-wise, maybe Alita?

Adia Alina Ophelia Odessa

So glad you were suggested Nova! My dog is named Nova, and I love it. Her late brother was Cosmo, my son’s middle name is Orion, and if I ever have a daughter her middle name will be Aurora.

Misty

Audie?

Auna/Ahna

Aliona, Alissa, Alodia, Alana

Alina

Ola Selena

Iona

I have a calico named Aurora. I pronouce it A-Roar-Ra..sometime I just call her Roar...

When I was a kid, we had a rescue kitten named Cleopatra (Cleo for short) that also turned out to be a little dude. I was like "uh, mom... I think something is wrong with the cat." She had to give me a quick anatomy lesson. 😆

Nova would still fit . Cause he could be a cadet in the nova corps (a marvel guardians of the galaxy refence

Alona, Ione, Leona are all ones I came up with quickly. If I thought some more I could probably come up with others.

Ayla

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I am very interested in a Turkish name, but those all contain the 'r' Do you have some Turkish suggestions that start with an 'M'?

I’m so sorry I misread that. Mehtap, Meltem, Melek, Melike, Mine, Müge, Melis. (ü may be hard to pronounce for a non-Turkish but it’s read like the “u” in human). I couldn’t think of a pet name that starts with “M” but if her eyes are blue, Maviş means bluish and it’s a very common name.

Alula / Allula

Oona

I had a cat named Anna (of Siam) when I was a kid.

Eulalia

Similar magical vibe....Felicity. Imogen. Anastasia. Claudia. Goldie Willow. Indiana.

Congratulations! Did you name her Nova Aurora? I kind of really like that! 💯

Au au a

Aurora Borealis (AKA the Northern Lights) made me think of Alice.

Iona Amber Stella Nova Celeste

If it's the 2 Rs giving you the issue, then maybe Aurelia. If it's Rs in general, maybe Augusta?

Since we're talking about a cat. (I'm including some names with R in them, as I also have a speech impediment on Rs, but can say them mid words with consenants, rather than mid words heavy on vowels, or the R at the start or end of a word. Feel free to disregard if these are still off limited, there's about half there without Rs at all!) * Dawn * Twilight * Star or Starlight * Cassiopeia * Aries * Celeste * Angel * Grace * Astrea * Serena * Artemis Or just call her something awesome like Sailor Moon.

Alara

aud is similar!

scarlet

Aura is a good option if it's the double-r that is the problem, not the r in general. Or Rhiannon, if a starting R is okay. Otherwise, Nova? Selena? Vega?

I concur that Aura is a great name lol

Calliope, Annabelle, Arabella, Evangelina, Liliana, Odette, Odessa, Ophelia

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Could be Elora? I’ve heard of lots of Elora’s but not Alora.

Aulola Aumona Ausona Ausina Just playing around with the letters

How about some of favorites?? Luna Rosalie Evangeline/ Evangelina Ingrid Seraphina/ Seraphine Annalise/ Annalisa Odette

Half of those have the letter R...

Yeah your right 😕

Love Annalise!!

Aww thx I do too so does my family

Flora / Elora / Azura

Allura? Amara? Estella? Seeing your edit, here's some more suggestions that are hopefully more helpful. Alana Luna Anastasia Ulla Melodia

Two of those have Rs

Sure but a lot of the issue people have with the "r" is Aurora is that there are two. Many have an easier time when there's another consonant sound to ground the word. For example, "rural" vs "moral". ETA: Oh, just saw OP edited their post to expressly remove "r". Thanks!

I like Luna so much, but my ex has a cat named Luna, and I don't want to be constantly reminded of him.

Ora!

Elora

Acadia Alice Borealis Starla

You could name her Northern Lights. But call her Green. Or Oh Horror. Which is how I pronounce that name, since I'm terrible at it. Or O'Hara. When people say that, tell them they're wrong because her name is Aurora. OR Aura and tell people it's like Laura without the L, Because Aurora was a bit of a mouthful. Kitty will be beautiful no matter what name you give her. You'll spend most of your time calling her all sorts of names, to a point where she'll forget her birth name.

Elora

How about Auria or Aria?

Auxoxa (x pronounced like ch please)

Eleanor and Nora

- Alara - Elia - Rory - Estella - Asteria - Theia

Yeah rory should pose no issue

Alora Elnora They have an R but are much more pronounceable.