Given name & surname
Aurelia
“golden-haired woman”
In Latin use, Aurelia carries the interpretation “golden-haired woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Latin use, Aurelia carries the interpretation “golden-haired woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Aurelia is used as a feminine counterpart of Aurelius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aurelia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18,435
- 0 boys · 18,435 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 1,056 babies
- 2025
- 1,056
- #290 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +73%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,056 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 290 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 73.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (169). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,110 as a first name in 2020; 166 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aurelia’s family of names
In English usage, Aurelia has a diminutive in Aura. In English usage, Aurelia is a feminine form of Aurelius. Aurelia has a related form in Arely.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aurelia has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
15 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 30
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Aurashort form · Norwegian Bokmål, English
- Arelyvariant
- Oradiminutive · English
- Auriellevariant
- Aurelievariant
- Arellavariant
- Aurelliavariant · Indonesian
- Aurelianavariant
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- Aurelvariant · Indonesian
- Arelievariant
- Reilidiminutive · Estonian
- Aurumvariant
- Aurelevariant
- Aurelivariant
- Arelavariant
- Aurelyavariant · Indonesian
- Reelikadiminutive · Estonian
- Aulishort form · Estonian
- Aureleavariant
- Aurniavariant
- Aurlelvariant
- Auriolvariant
- Auriliavariant
- Aurennevariant
- Aurelinevariant
- Aureliannavariant
- Aurekvariant
- Aurenevariant
- Arellvariant
- Aurellyavariant · Indonesian
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Aurelia
- Aurelia DobreRomanian artistic gymnast, choreographer, and dance teacher (born 1972)
- Aurelia FrickLiechtensteiner politicianborn 1975
- Aurelia BrădeanuRomanian handball playerborn 1979
- Aurelia Henry ReinhardtAmerican educator and social activist (1877-1948)
- Orli Waldmember of German Resistance against Nazism (1914-1962)
- Aurelia Gutiérrez-Cueto BlanchardSpanish pedagogue (1877-1936)
- Aurelia TrywiańskaPolish hurdlerborn 1976
- Aurelia BrowderAmerican activist1919–1971
- Aurelia PentónCuban athleteborn 1941
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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