Aurelia

Where Aurelia comes from

Borrowed from Latin Aurēlia, the feminine form of the Roman gens name Aurēlius, from aureus (“golden”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Aurelia
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #352 among girls — 21 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1972
    Aurelia Dobre born
    Romanian artistic gymnast, choreographer, and dance teacher
  3. 1975
    Aurelia Frick born
    Liechtensteiner politician
  4. 2025
    Peak, #290
    1,056 babies named Aurelia — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Aurelia Dobre · Romanian artistic gymnast, choreographer, and dance teacher, born 1972
  • Aurelia Frick · Liechtensteiner politician, born 1975
  • Aurelia Brădeanu · Romanian handball player, born 1979
  • Aurelia Henry Reinhardt · American educator and social activist, 1877–1948
  • Aurelia Arkotxa · Basque writer, born 1953

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.