Given name & surname
Velia
“from Velia”
Velia is a given name. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Italian usage, Velia is a feminine form of VELIO.
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.
From dated birth records
Velia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,831
- 0 boys · 2,831 girls
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 72 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,426 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,426 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 72 in 1929. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,378 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.
Velia’s family of names
In Italian usage, Velia is a feminine form of VELIO. In Greek usage, Velia as a surname is a transliteration of Βελία.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Velia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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