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 [ syll. au-re-lia, aur-el-ia ] The girl name Aurelia is pronounced -awRahLiyah KEY. Aurelia's language of origin is Latin. It is predominantly used in German, Italian, Polish, and Romanian. The meaning of Aurelia is 'golden-haired'. Derived from aureus which means 'golden' ; aurum which means 'gold'. An old form of the name is Aurelia (Latin). The name was bestowed by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius on his second daughter Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla (148-182). The given name has been adopted by English speakers since the 17th century. Aurelia is the feminine form of the Czech, German, Romanian, and Slavic Aurel. Aurelia has 21 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of Aurelia include Aurie, Auriel, Auriol, Auriole, Aury, Oralia, Oralie, Oralis, Orelia, Oriel, Orielle, and Oriole. Another English form is the spelling variant Aurellia. Forms of the name used in foreign languages include the Italian and Spanish Aureliana, the French and German Aurelie, the French Aurèle, the French Aurélie, and the French Orélie. The pet forms Aranka (Hungarian), Areli (Spanish), and Arely (Spanish) are other foreign variants. See also the related form, the English and Irish Orla. Aurelia is a rare baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1908, 0.023% of baby girls were named Aurelia. It was #399 in rank then. The baby name has steeply dropped in popularity since then, and is used only on a very light scale today. In 2008, out of the family of girl names directly related to Aurelia, the Spanish Arely was the most regularly used. Baby names that sound like Aurelia include the English, Hebrew, and Italian Ariella, the English Aurellia, the English Oralia, the English Orelia, the English and Hebrew Arela, the Spanish Areli, the English and Hebrew Arella, the Spanish Arely, the English Arlea, the English Auralee, the English Auralei, the French and German Aurelie, the French Aurélie, the English Auriel, the English and Hebrew Oralee, the English Oralie, the English Orela, the English Orella, the French Orélie, and the English Orielle. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Aurelia: AW as in "cow (K.AW)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
