Girl's name
Aurelia
Say it aw-REE-lee-uh
Latin origin golden
4 syllables
Where Aurelia is loved, common and rare
Common across six German cities, Poland, Austria and one more place. Rare in the UK, Canada, Sweden and six more places.
1 in 542 girls born in Scotland in 2025
Munich 26thPoland 29thAustria 47th
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Every place
In 22 of the 40 official lists, among them Munich (26th), Poland (29th) and Austria (47th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munich city | 26th 2025 | 39 | about 1 in 107 |
| Poland | 29th 2025 | 1,268 | 1 in 94 |
| Austria | 47th 2025 | 166 | 1 in 215 |
| Switzerland | 53rd 2025 | 118 | 1 in 288 |
| Cologne city | 55th 2023 | 22 | about 1 in 279 |
| Berlin city | 69th 2023 | 42 | about 1 in 345 |
| England and Wales | 125th 2025 | 390 | 1 in 649 |
| Scotland | 135th 2025 | 33 | 1 in 542 |
| British Columbia province | 156th 2023 | 19 | about 1 in 629 |
| Quebec province | 227th 2025 | 26 | about 1 in 1,000 |
| Ontario province | 243rd 2024 | 51 | about 1 in 1,068 |
| Sweden | 271st 2025 | 27 | about 1 in 1,488 |
| Norway | 273rd 2025 | 14 | 1 in 1,557 |
| Northern Ireland | 290th 2025 | 5 | 1 in 1,457 |
| Ireland | 304th 2025 | 13 | 1 in 1,625 |
| Italy | 313th 2024 | 49 | 1 in 3,657 |
| The Netherlands | 385th 2025 | 35 | about 1 in 1,743 |
| Catalonia region as Aurèlia | 526th 2025 | 5 | 1 in 3,854 |
| France as Aurélia | 1275th 2025 | 35 | 1 in 8,194 |
| Rostock city | 23rd 2025 | 6 | about 1 in 164 |
| Bonn city | 50th 2025 | 11 | about 1 in 274 |
| Leipzig city | 95th 2025 | 6 | about 1 in 437 |
Rare, below the listed names: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source
About the name
Borrowed from Latin Aurēlia, Aurelia is the feminine form of the Roman family name Aurēlius, from aureus, 'golden'.
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Its four syllables, aw-REE-lee-uh, give it a flowing, classical rhythm. Aurèlia and Aurélia are accented spellings, Aurelie and Aura are related forms, and Oralee is a variant.
Aurelia ranks well in Poland, Austria and Switzerland, and is used in England and Wales, Scotland and British Columbia. The French records place an earlier peak in 1980, but the name is having a strong new run: it is rising in 21 places and falling in none. Few classical names are gaining ground so widely.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- aw-REE-lee-uh, 4 syllables
- Meaning
golden
- Origin
- Latin
- Other spellings
- Aura
- Aurelie
- Ora
- Oralee
- Auli
- Reeli
- Reelika
- Reili
- Aurellia
- Aurela
- Aureliana
- Aurea
- Avrelija
- Aranka
Counted together here: Aurèlia and Aurélia.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Aurēlia, the feminine form of the Roman gens name Aurēlius, from aureus (“golden”).
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 21 of 21 regions, falling in none.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 278 | 247 | 212 | 202 | 203 | 204 | 167 | 127 | 119 | 125 |
| Scotland | 502 | 808 | 324 | 560 | 276 | 316 | 324 | 223 | 196 | 135 |
| Northern Ireland | 440 | 424 | 397 | 446 | 337 | 290 | ||||
| Ireland | 476 | 365 | 474 | 362 | 444 | 390 | 389 | 495 | 320 | 304 |
| Ontario | 658 | 537 | 656 | 698 | 594 | 591 | 551 | 250 | 243 | |
| British Columbia | 455 | 313 | 415 | 199 | 358 | 567 | 234 | 156 | ||
| Quebec | 320 | 414 | 662 | 472 | 411 | 360 | 432 | 282 | 376 | 227 |
| France | 1065 | 1297 | 945 | 925 | 1393 | 1640 | 1071 | 1303 | 1130 | 1275 |
| The Netherlands | 680 | 637 | 851 | 591 | 550 | 403 | 479 | 515 | 385 | |
| Austria | 108 | 75 | 76 | 80 | 70 | 61 | 55 | 61 | 48 | 47 |
| Switzerland | 138 | 121 | 83 | 83 | 87 | 86 | 94 | 94 | 78 | 53 |
| Berlin | 136 | 129 | 91 | 123 | 98 | 85 | 114 | 69 | ||
| Munich | 86 | 115 | 75 | 82 | 77 | 75 | 61 | 68 | 59 | 26 |
| Cologne | 130 | 101 | 123 | 206 | 86 | 132 | 40 | 55 | ||
| Bonn | 174 | 74 | 134 | 102 | 69 | 98 | 87 | 53 | 66 | 50 |
| Leipzig | 108 | 113 | 131 | 92 | 134 | 117 | 74 | 64 | 75 | 95 |
| Rostock | 92 | 99 | 97 | 202 | 197 | 68 | 23 | |||
| Norway | 260 | 273 | ||||||||
| Sweden | 535 | 582 | 347 | 550 | 440 | 313 | 271 | |||
| Catalonia | 526 | |||||||||
| Italy | 506 | 520 | 584 | 383 | 344 | 313 | ||||
| Poland | 75 | 74 | 70 | 66 | 60 | 56 | 53 | 45 | 37 | 29 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125 | 390 | 154.0 |
| 2024 | 119 | 413 | 160.1 |
| 2023 | 127 | 392 | 152.8 |
| 2022 | 167 | 303 | 115.0 |
| 2021 | 204 | 250 | 91.2 |
| 2020 | 203 | 244 | 90.9 |
| 2019 | 202 | 243 | 86.8 |
| 2018 | 212 | 241 | 83.6 |
| 2017 | 247 | 204 | 68.2 |
| 2016 | 278 | 179 | 58.3 |
| 2015 | 312 | 153 | 49.7 |
| 2014 | 298 | 158 | 51.5 |
| 2013 | 327 | 142 | 46.0 |
| 2012 | 379 | 124 | 38.5 |
| 2011 | 414 | 106 | 33.0 |
| 2010 | 567 | 70 | 21.8 |
| 2009 | 556 | 69 | 22.0 |
| 2008 | 722 | 49 | 15.5 |
| 2007 | 675 | 51 | 16.7 |
| 2006 | 1087 | 25 | 8.4 |
| 2005 | 1200 | 20 | 6.9 |
| 2004 | 1617 | 13 | 4.5 |
| 2003 | 1552 | 13 | 4.7 |
| 2002 | 2540 | 6 | 2.2 |
| 2001 | 1870 | 9 | 3.4 |
| 2000 | 1688 | 10 | 3.7 |
| 1999 | 1675 | 10 | 3.5 |
| 1998 | 1697 | 10 | 3.5 |
| 1997 | 1958 | 8 | 2.7 |
| 1996 | 2096 | 7 | 2.4 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Aurelia in France since 1925 were born in or after 1985. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 1980, at 264.6 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Aurelia per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 1980 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Aurelia
1 in 1,118 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Aurelia.
1 in 1,278 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Aurelia.
1 in 752 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Aurelia. Same first letter as Aurelia.
1 in 1,174 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Aurelia.
1 in 389 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Aurelia.
1 in 754 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Aurelia.
1 in 424 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Aurelia.
1 in 298 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Aurelia.
1 in 1,111 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Aurelia.
1 in 636 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Aurelia. Same first letter as Aurelia.
Middle names for Aurelia
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Aurelia Charlotte
4-2 beats · initials AC
Changes the beat after Aurelia: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Aurelia Sophie
4-2 beats · initials AS
Changes the beat after Aurelia: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Aurelia Grace
4-1 beats · initials AG
Changes the beat after Aurelia: 4 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Aurelia Maria
4-3 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Aurelia: 4 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 102 in Ireland
Aurelia Mia
4-2 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Aurelia: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Aurelia Ruby
4-2 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Aurelia: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Aurelia Rose
4-1 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Aurelia: 4 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Aurelia Emily
4-3 beats · initials AE · Aurelia slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Aurelia: 4 syllables, then 3 syllables. Aurelia slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Same style as Aurelia
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 2,236 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Aurelia across countries and decades.
1 in 298 in England and Wales
91% alike: moves with Aurelia across countries and decades.
1 in 636 in England and Wales
91% alike: moves with Aurelia across countries and decades.
1 in 5,282 in Ireland
89% alike: moves with Aurelia across countries and decades.
1 in 438 in England and Wales
89% alike: moves with Aurelia across countries and decades.
1 in 2,508 in England and Wales
89% alike: moves with Aurelia across countries and decades.
1 in 2,347 in Ireland
88% alike: moves with Aurelia across countries and decades.
1 in 1,111 in England and Wales
88% alike: moves with Aurelia across countries and decades.
Famous people named Aurelia
Aurelia Dobre, Aurelia Frick and Aurélia de Souza.
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Romanian artistic gymnast, choreographer, and dance teacher (born 1972)
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Liechtensteiner politician born 1975
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Portuguese painter (1866–1922)
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Aurelia
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Aurelia?
Her best rank is No. 29 in Poland in 2025, about 1 in 94 girls. She is in the published lists of 22 of our 40 regions.
What does Aurelia mean?
Wiktionary glosses Aurelia as "golden".
How do you pronounce Aurelia?
aw-REE-lee-uh, with 4 syllables.
Is Aurelia getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 21 of 21 regions, falling in none.
Which sister names go with Aurelia?
The deck's top five sisters for Aurelia: Emilie, Rosalie, Annabelle, Celine and Flora. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.