Given name & surname
Aurelio
“the golden one”
Aurelio is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “the golden one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “the golden one.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Aurelio 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
Aurelio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,640
- 8,634 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 399 babies
- 2025
- 399
- #681 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +109%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 399 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 681 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 109.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (95). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,539 as a first name in 2020; 1,149 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.
Aurelio’s family of names
In Asturian usage, Aurelio has a diminutive in LEYO. Aurelio shares a linguistic root with Aurèle. Aurelio has a related form in Aureliano.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aurelio has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Aurelequivalent
- Aureliuequivalent
- AurélioPortuguese
- AureliuszPolish
- Aurèlecognate
- Aurélienequivalent
- Avrelijequivalent
- Oriolequivalent
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People named Aurelio
- Aurelio VidmarAustralian association football playerborn 1967
- Aurelius of Asturiasking of Asturia740–774
- Mario García MenocalCuban statesman; president of Cuba (1866-1941)
- Aurelio GonzálezParaguayan footballer (1905-1997)
- Aurelio MilaniItalian footballer (1934–2014)
- Aurelio VoltaireCuban-American musicianborn 1967
- Aurelio MosqueraPresident of Ecuador (1938 - 1939)1883–1939
- Aurelio De Laurentiisfilm producerborn 1949
- Aurelio MenegazziItalian cyclist (1900-1979)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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