Orelia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- or-EE-lee-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
Orelia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “golden”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Orelia mean?
Latin: spelling of Aurelia
“golden”
A spelling of Aurelia, from the Roman family name Aurelius, from aureus 'golden'.
Is Orelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Orelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Orelia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Orelia, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
2025 had the most girls named Orelia of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Orelia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Orelia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
Names like Orelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ophelia, Aurelia, Florence, Mabel, Rosa, Cecilia, Rosie, Octavia, Flora, Clara, Ottilie, Matilda
Names related to Orelia
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Luna, Nora, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Anthony, Austin, Felix
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Orelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/orelia, updated 20 October 2026.