Girl · Latin
Aurelia
Say it: aw-REE-lee-uh
Meaning
Feminine of Aurelius, a Roman family name possibly from a Sabine word for the sun; the link to aurum 'gold' is a later assumption.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
A common name of the later Empire; the French form Aurélie was very popular in France in the 1980s.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 14,363 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 2,800 girls
- 565 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Aurelia |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Aurelia |
| French | Aurélie |
| Polish | Aurelia |
| Romanian | Aurelia |
Famous bearers
- Aurelia Cotta, mother of Julius Caesar
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Roman inscriptions and tombstones
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.