Flora

In the animated film, Sleeping Beauty, Flora was one of the fairies that raised Princess Aurora after she was cursed by Maleficient. When Aurora was born Flora gave her the gift of beauty. Flora wears red with yellow accents, and she tends to be the leader. Flora and Merryweather fought over the color of a dress they made for Aurora. Flora kept making it pink, and Merryweather would turn it blue. In the Disney Junior series Sofia the First, Flora, along with the other fairies from Sleeping Beauty, are instructors at Royal Prep.

In Pixar's film, A Bug's Life, Dr. Flora was the doctor of the ant colony.

Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, and she was the wife of Zephyr, the west wind. In 2015, 173 girls were named Flora in the United States.

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Stefan

King Stefan was the father of Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty. His wife was Queen Leah. In Maleficent, he and Maleficent were in love, but he betrayed her and cut off her wings in order to become king. His wife was Queen Lelia. In Once Upon a Time, he was the true love who awoke Briar Rose from a sleeping curse and Aurora was their daughter.

Stefan is a variant of the Greek name Stephen, which means 'crown'. In 2015, Stefan was the 800th most popular name for boys in the United States.

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Phillip

In Disney's Sleeping Beauty, Prince Phillip was the son of King Hubert. Hubert was a good friend of Princess Aurora's father, King Stefan. The two Kings arranged for their children to be married while they were still children. Phillip met Aurora when she was living as a peasant girl named Briar Rose and fell in love with her and he convinced his father to end the betrothal to Princess Aurora. He was captured by Maleficient, who revealed to him Briar Rose's true identity. He escaped with the help of Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather. The fairies gave him the Sword of Truth and the Shield of Virtue which helped him defeat Maleficient. He then awoke Aurora with true love's kiss. Phillip had a horse named Samson.

In the ABC series, Once Upon a Time, Prince Phillip was turned into a monster by Maleficient, but  the curse was broken by Belle. Belle introduced him to Mulan who helped him find Aurora. When they found her, and Phillip again awoke her with true love's kiss. He was then seemingly killed by a wraith, but his soul traveled to another world. He was somehow revived, and he and Aurora were expecting a child.

In Disney's Maleficient, Prince Phillip failed to awake Aurora when he kissed her. Instead Maleficient woke her.

In Disney's Descendants, Princess Audrey was the daughter of Phillip and Aurora.

In The Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Phillip Swift was a missionary that was captured by Blackbeard. He was only spared death because Angelica, Blackbeard's daughter, stopped him. During Blackbeard's hunt for the Fountain of Youth, Phillip fell in love with the mermaid Syrena. Blackbeard manipulated them both in order to obtain a tear from Syrena. Phillip was mortally wounded, but Syrena, claiming she could save him, pulled him into the depths of the ocean.

In Disney's Enchanted, Robert Philip was a divorce attorney in our world. He and his daughter Morgan took in Princess Giselle went she was sent to our world by the evil Queen Narissa. Robert was engaged to Nancy Tremaine, and thought Giselle was crazy when they first met. Giselle and Robert grew to love each other, and he saved her from Queen Narissa's poison apple with true love's kiss. Giselle in turn saved him from Narissa after she had turned into a dragon and took him captive.

In Disney's Flubber, Philip Brainard was the professor who created Flubber. He had a robot assistant named Weebo.

Phillip is a Greek name that means 'horse lover.' In 2014, Phillip was the 391st most popular name fpr boys in the U.S.  The alternate spelling Philip ranked at #389.

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Leah

In Disney's Sleeping Beauty, Queen Leah was the wife of King Stefan and the mother of Princess Aurora. Queen Leah fell under a sleeping curse along with the rest of the kingdom when Aurora pricked her finger on a spinning wheel. In the movie Maleficent, her name was changed to Leila.

In Disney's television series Jungle Cubs, Leah was a wolf in a single episode of the series. Leah spurned Cain in favor of Akela, and the two of the left their pack. They ended up in Shere Khan's lair, where Leah had 8 wolf puppies.

Leah was the middle name of London Tipton in the Disney channel 'Suite Life' series. 

Leah is a Hebrew name that means 'delicate, weary.' Leah has always been in the top 1,000 names in the U.S. In 2014, it was the 35th most popular name for girls.

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Aurora

Disney's Sleeping Beauty was named Aurora. She was the daughter of King Stefan and Queen Leah. Princess Aurora was given gifts by three fairies at her birth. Flora gave her the gift of beauty and Fauna gave her the gift of song. Before the third gift could be bestowed, Maleficent arrived, and cursed her to prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die before the sun set on her 16th birthday. Merryweather still had a gift to give, so she moderated the curse to cause her to fall into an enchanted sleep which could be broken by true love's kiss. She was taken from the castle to live with the fairies and she went by the name Briar Rose. Maleficent's curse was fulfilled, but Aurora was awoken by Prince Phillip. The story was altered a bit in Maleficent, and Aurora was instead awoken by Maleficent, who had come to love Aurora over the years.

Aurora was also the name of a toy telescope in the Disney Channel series, Doc McStuffins.

Aurora is a Latin name that means 'dawn.' Aurora was also the Roman goddess of the morning. Aurora ranked as the 116th most popular name for girls in 2014, the highest it's ever ranked. Aurora is also a good name for parents who like the nickname 'Rory.'

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