(Surname
definitions)
Spain: Noble surnames, such as Arora, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people.
The original bearer of the name Arora, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain.
Indian (Panjab): Hindu and Sikh name based on the name of a mercantile community of the Panjab. It is derived from a place name, Aror (now known as Rohri, in Sind, Pakistan).
According to legend the Aroras are of Kshatriya stock, but denied their Kshatriya origin in order to escape persecution by Paras Ram (parašurama in Sanskrit means ‘Rama with the axe’), calling themselves Aur, which means ‘someone else’ in Hindi and Panjabi. Some believe the Aroras to be related to another prominent mercantile community of the Panjab, the Khatris.