Given name
Orelia
“golden-haired woman”
Orelia is a variant of Oralia. In Latin use, Oralia carries the interpretation “golden-haired woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Orelia is a variant of Oralia. In Latin use, Oralia carries the interpretation “golden-haired woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1887. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Orelia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 991
- 0 boys · 991 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,935 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,935 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 516 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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