Aurelian
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Aurelian is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “golden”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Aurelian mean?
Latin
“golden”
A male given name from Latin, of mostly historical use in English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Aurelian a girl's or a boy's name?
Aurelian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aurelian in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 160% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Aurelian, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd.
2025 had the most boys named Aurelian of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were given Aurelian or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,668, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
- Aurelian 8
- Aurelien 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Aurelian in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
How popular is Aurelian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 214% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Aurelian, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 2017.
Half of all the boys named Aurelian in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aurelian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
Names like Aurelian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian Cillian Albie Atlas Rowan Alfie Finn Maximilian Archer Caspian Sebastian Lochlan
Other spellings of Aurelian
Aurelien
Names related to Aurelian
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
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, “Aurelian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aurelian, updated 20 October 2026.