Aurelia
Meaning
"golden"
The story
Aurelia is the feminine of the Roman family name Aurelius, from the Latin aureus, golden, so its meaning is simply and beautifully the golden one. It was a name of the Roman aristocracy: Aurelia Cotta, mother of Julius Caesar, was famed for her strength and her hand in raising him, and the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius carried the masculine form. So the name glows with both gold and Roman gravity. Ornate and lyrical, it belongs to the wave of elaborate vintage names returning for girls, alongside Amelia and Ophelia, and shortens sweetly to Auri or Ellie. Brand new to many American parents, Aurelia has climbed fast and reads as current as it has ever been. Radiant and classical, Aurelia hands a child the simplest lovely meaning there is, golden, and an empress's worth of history.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Aurelia peaked in the 2020s.
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Popularity in Brazil
3,478 people · the #3,515 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 58,824 · median age 51
Among people named Aurelia living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Aurelia
Most people given the name Aurelia in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Aurelia deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Aurelia truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Aurelia fits with your family’s names and surname.
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