Given name & surname
Aurel
“golden-haired woman”
Aurel is a variant of Aurelia. In Latin use, Aurelia carries the interpretation “golden-haired woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aurel is a variant of Aurelia. In Latin use, Aurelia carries the interpretation “golden-haired woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In German use, Aurel shares an earlier linguistic root with Aurèle. The history of Aurèle gives this family its wider story. Aurèle’s historical associations include various saints, including a 5th-century archbishop of Carthage.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Aurel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 236
- 203 boys · 33 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #8,994 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,994 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 767 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aurel’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Aurel has a diminutive in Aurelko. Aurel shares a linguistic root with Aurèle. In Indonesian usage, Aurel has a related form in Aurelia.
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Around the world
Aurel has relatives in 6 languages.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Aurelioequivalent
- Aurelianoequivalent
- Aurelianequivalent
- Aureliuequivalent
- АурельRussian
- AuréleFrench
- Aurèlecognate
- Aurélienequivalent
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People named Aurel
- Aurel StodolaSlovak scientist (1859–1942)
- Aurel VlaicuRomanian aviation pioneer (1882–1913)
- Aurel PopoviciRomanian politician (1863-1917)
- Aurel ȚicleanuRomanian footballerborn 1959
- Aurel VernescuCanoe racer1939–2008
- Aurel MangaFrench male hurdlerborn 1992
- Aurel PercăRoman Catholic archbishopborn 1951
- Aurel PersuRomanian scientist (1890-1977)
- Aurel GugaRomanian footballer (1898-1936)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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