Awuor

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Luo (Kenya, Tanzania)

Meaning

a Luo feminine name typically given to girls born in the evening hours, particularly during the late afternoon and early evening as the day transitions toward dusk, from Luo wuor meaning evening or late afternoon; some sources also associate Awuor with births that occur at a particular auspicious phase of the lunar cycle; the name is common throughout the Luo-speaking communities of Kenya's Nyanza region and Tanzania's Mara region; Awuor complements other time-of-day names in the Luo system: Akinyi (morning), Atieno (night), Awuor (evening) — together these names create a linguistic clock that records the rhythm of human arrivals into the Luo community; the name is typically given as a single name or combined with a Christian name, and Awuor women are often called Awuor as an affectionate familiar name within the community

Gender

female

Also spelled

Awuoro, Awuoro