What do we think...

[leoteddy]

Of Aurora for a girl? With Rory for short?

[Middleagedmotheroftwo]

Well Rory is a boy's name for a start.
Aurora sounds more than a bit pretentious to me.

[sonlypuppyfat]

No its really bad

[MagpieMama]

I like it!

[scarletforya]

I like it too! Pretty name and cute nickname.

[YellowStripe]

I like it - isn't there a Rory on Gilmore Girls - short for Lorelai in that instance.

[ButterflyOfFreedom]

Aurora is an ok name - not one I would personally use though.
Rory is a boys name.

[nyldn]

It's pretty. a Disney Princess name though, right? Rory is a great nickname and it can be whatever you'd like. I know plenty of women with "male" names and have actually always been a bit jealous of a few of them!

[Bowlersarm]

Aurora - ok
Rory - just no

Why not Rora?

[ApplebyMennym]

I love both!

[florascotia]

Not Rory for a girl in Scotland - it really wouldn't be fair. It's a very macho name meaning 'red-headed' or 'red king'.

Aurora is not my favourite name, but your baby, your choice. Would be great if she grew up to like ballet - Aurora (ie 'Dawn') is the name of the princess in Sleeping Beauty. Disney stuff is based on the ballet.

[Rhubarbgarden]

Disney princess - awful thing to be named after.

[Mumof3xox]

I think it's lovely

[InanimateCarbonRod]

Aurora is lovely.

Rory ... no.

[Squtternutbaush]

Ruaraidh is the Red King not Rory.

I know an Aurora, she is Aury to family but full name for everyone else.

[coalscuttle]

Deliberately shortening a girls name into a boys name is just pretentious. Nick names are supposed to evolve.

[coalscuttle]

And sorry but I think aurora is awful. People eill think you named her after sone Disney thing.

[moodymary]

I think Rory is fine for a girl as a shortened version of a name.

I read a novel recently set in the 1940s that featured a female Rory but I can't remember what it was short for. She was a great character though....

[callipygian00]

Aurora IS nice, but I wouldn't choose it because it's too Disney. How about Aurelia?

[Rhubarbgarden]

Giselle if you're after a ballet connection?

[flipwit]

Ha, I actually have one!
Not named after Disney though I don't really care what people think! Rory gets confusing as a nickname but I still love it. DM refuses to call her Rory though...
Go for it if you like it!

[BreeVDKamp]

Love it, know one :)

[stickygotstuck]

Aurora is one of the names DH vetoed for DD. I did not realise at the time Disney had chosen it for one of its princesses, so DD had a lucky escape.

Shame, it's a beautiful name quite common where I come from.

As for choosing a 'nickname', just no. Or rather, it would not be a nickname but a shortening of your choice. Why not call her Rory if that's the name you like?

[CPtart]

Dreadful, a real mouthful of a name.

[MollyBdenum]

I like it.

[BreeVDKamp]

Who in Disney is called Aurora??? :-s