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Aurelia

Gender
Girl
Say it
aw-REE-lee-a
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#128 for girls
US rank, 2025
#290 for girls

Aurelia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “golden”. In 2025 it ranked 128th for girls in the UK (428 babies) and 290th for girls in the US (1,056 babies).

What does Aurelia mean?

Latin: feminine of the Roman family name Aurelius

“golden”

Aurelia Cotta was the mother of Julius Caesar.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Aurelia a girl's or a boy's name?

Aurelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 428 girls in the UK and 1,056 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Aurelia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
128th among girls
Babies in 2025
428 about 1 in 650 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 67% in five years
Same name in a class
2.1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 428 girls in the UK were named Aurelia, making it the 128th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 208th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 436 girls.

Half of all the girls named Aurelia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 125th in England and Wales, 135th in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 436 in 20242025
Aurelia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025428#128
2024436#128
2023410#137
2022313#182
2021264#215
2020260#208
2019251#214
2018252#224
2017207#266
2016188#295
2015159#328
2014164#312
2013148#350
2012131#399
2011108#448
201074#592
200974#573
200851#750
200753#709
200625#1,153
200520#1,280
200414#1,634
200314#1,564
20026#2,691
200110#1,832
200010#1,792
199911#1,653
199810#1,815
19978#2,073
19967#2,201

How popular is Aurelia in the US?

Rank in 2025
290th among girls
Babies in 2025
1,056 about 1 in 1,500 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 91% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,056 girls in the US were named Aurelia, making it the 290th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 531st.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most girls named Aurelia of any year since the records began in 1880.

Half of all the girls named Aurelia in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 1,056 in 20252025
Aurelia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,056#290
2024938#334
2023829#370
2022644#489
2021595#518
2020568#531
2019453#642
2018456#652
2017435#674
2016433#675
2015353#799
2014334#829
2013320#832
2012253#999
2011242#1,031
2010215#1,136
2009225#1,121
2008169#1,405
2007124#1,744
2006125#1,682
2005112#1,754
200480#2,201
200383#2,103
200274#2,225
200155#2,696
200058#2,565
199952#2,672
199860#2,335
199762#2,197
199659#2,250
199555#2,362
199463#2,137
199368#2,028
199265#2,073
199165#2,067
199075#1,876
198948#2,403
198866#1,859
198753#2,064
198647#2,194
198560#1,855
198466#1,657
198351#1,992
198270#1,641
198153#1,985
198059#1,833
197975#1,543
197851#1,915
197762#1,682
197664#1,568
197550#1,838
197453#1,709
197358#1,589
197260#1,541
197170#1,467
197048#1,828
196951#1,685
196848#1,678
196751#1,581
196652#1,548
196545#1,672
196444#1,747
196348#1,648
196256#1,496
196163#1,405
196069#1,327
195957#1,416
195859#1,378
195773#1,227
195688#1,099
195587#1,080
195491#1,027
195369#1,163
195264#1,184
195183#1,018
195095#912
194993#917
194887#929
194788#941
194684#911
194591#784
194473#893
194385#844
194280#859
194194#728
194079#795
193965#868
1938108#659
193799#683
1936101#657
193596#679
1934124#582
193394#672
1932115#616
1931118#609
1930148#558
1929123#619
1928157#558
1927169#544
1926177#525
1925187#516
1924187#524
1923179#529
1922144#601
1921166#551
1920174#539
1919158#548
1918188#494
1917173#502
1916162#513
1915164#481
1914111#526
1913102#503
191290#503
191181#456
191069#490
190971#440
190883#399
190772#418
190649#492
190547#490
190440#520
190346#470
190250#440
190153#411
190066#415
189954#390
189856#411
189744#440
189642#448
189545#421
189446#409
189345#399
189236#453
189133#440
189033#446
188935#410
188836#413
188725#446
188629#400
188517#520
188421#438
188314#517
188218#431
188115#434
188021#352

Nicknames for Aurelia

Names like Aurelia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ophelia, Emilia, Amelia, Cecilia, Alba, Nora, Ada, Eliza, Clara, Annabelle, Aurora, Lucia

Other spellings of Aurelia

Auraelia, Aurellia

Names related to Aurelia

Arlia, Ariela, Aurelie, Arella, Auriella, Areli, Aurla, Auriel, Arelia

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Anthony, Austin, Felix

Every Latin name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Aurelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aurelia, updated 20 October 2026.