Aurelia

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Aurelia is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name236K records spelled Aurelia33 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Austria

  Languages: French, English, German

  Also written Aurélia, Aurèlia, Aurêlia, Aurélià, Aurelianus

• Polish given name86K records spelled Aurelia33 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Czechia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Аурелия, Аурелія, Aureliia, Аврелия, Аурелиа

• Indonesian given name12K records spelled Aurelia4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Peru

  Also written 'Aurelia, Aurelia', Aurélia

• Romanian given name11K records spelled Aurelia3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, Philippines, United States, Italy

  Also written Aurélia

• Finnish given name8.1K records spelled Aurelia5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, United States, Hungary

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Aurélia

• a separate given name5.4K records spelled Aurelia5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Romania, Bolivia

  Also written Aurélia, Aurèlia, Aureliâ, Aurelià

• Croatian given name562 records spelled Aurelia23 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Aurelija, Аурелия, Аврелия, Aurélia, Аурелија

• Korean given name325 records spelled Aurelia2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Peru, South Korea

  Also written Aurélia

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Aurelia is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Feminine form of Latin Aurélius, a family name derived from aureus ‘golden’. The name was borne by several minor early saints, but its revival as a given name in the 17th century is probably due to its meaning rather than association with any of them.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In French, Féminin d'Aurélien, du latin Aurelius, « doré ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• Brillante

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

• Feminine form of Latin Aurelius (see AURÈLE ), used occasionally in the English-speaking world. Derivative: French: Aurélie .

  as a word

• In Cebuano, a female given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin], equivalent to English Aurelia

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Aurelia Plathb. 1906USmother of Sylvia Plath (1906-1994)
• Aurelia Schwarzeneggerb. 1922ATArnold Schwarzenegger's mother (1922-1998)
• Aurélia Poirierb. 1953FRFrench actress
• Aurelia Marinescub. 1954RORomanian rower
• Aurélia Petitb. 1971FRFrench actress
• Aurélia Thierréeb. 1971FRFrench actress
• Aurelia Dobreb. 1972RORomanian artistic gymnast, choreographer, and dance teacher (born 1972)
• Aurelia Frickb. 1975CHLiechtensteiner politician
• Maïwennb. 1976FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress and filmmaker (born 1976)
• Chiara Aureliab. 2002USAmerican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,182 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aurelia?

We estimate roughly 58 thousand people bear Aurelia (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Aurelia have the most bearers?

Aurelia is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled aurelia.

Where is Aurelia most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Aurelia is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 580 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Aurelia compared with other names?

In Argentina, Aurelia is the 532nd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Aurelia a male or female name?

Aurelia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Aurelia mean?

Recorded meaning: Latin feminine Aurelia, from aurum “gold”; no saint/day indicated on page.