Aurelia

What Aurelia means

Means “golden”

Borrowed from Latin Aurēlia, the feminine form of the Roman gens name Aurēlius, from aureus (“golden”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Aurelia” (revision 93848946), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Aurelia?

US: Rising: up from #799 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #312 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,056 girls got the name (#290 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 1,522 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 649 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 542 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (5.44 per 1,000 girls), MT (2.12 per 1,000 girls), SD (1.97 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Aurelia is #290 in the US and #125 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Aurelia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Auriella74 US · 5 E&W
• Aurelie37 US · 12 E&W
• Irelia18 US · 3 E&W
• Orelia10 US · 9 E&W
• Auraelia0 US · 18 E&W
• Aurellia13 US · 3 E&W
• Arelia16 US
• Auriela11 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Aurelia

Girls

• Leona#429Feminine form of Leo, meaning “lion”^*
• Mabel#201“lovable”^*
• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Liana#385Editor’s note Up from #525 in 2015 to #385 in 2025 in the US
• Renata#481“reborn”^*

For a brother

• Felix#175“happy, lucky”^*
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Augustus#407“majestic, venerable”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Aurelia’s. Rank is US 2025.