There is an alternate theory that suggests Aurelia/us could derive from diminutive form of auris "ear," starting out as a nickname meaning 'little ears'.

* Aurélia de Souza (1867–1922), a Portuguese painter. Aurelia has reach the top 10 most popular girls name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 2 times. Through these years over 66358 unique total names have been given to girls living in the United States so far. Lighter = More PopularDarker = Less Popular.

url = url.replace( /#/, "" ); The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.018%, in this year alone more than 0 girls were named Aurelia. Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with A. window.location=permalink+"?pintix=1"; Usage really began to kick off in the 17th century and through to the 18th century; a time when classical names were much in vogue. It's a quick easy way to see the trend for Aurelia in 2020 The name then continued to be used a handful of times every year till the 1990s. Saint Petronilla was also held the name Aurelia Petronilla. Notable figures with the name Aurelius are littered in history.

The 1841 UK census lists 45 women named Aurelia (93% in England, 7% in Wales) which had risen to 66 in 1861, 111 in 1881, 117 in 1901 and 145 in 1911. The name has also been rising fractionally in Scotland. © 2020 Everything Birthday. Usage of the name was low but very consistent, averaging around 4 births every year from 1838 to 1900 in England and Wales. * Maria Aurelia Spinola (b. c. 1620), wife of Ercole Grimaldi, Marquis of Baux. It has only been since the turn of the 21st century that Aurelia has began to gain a lot more usage in the UK.

As it was the custom for newly naturalized citizens to take the name of the patron who granted his citizenship, all those men were given the name Aurelius. Historical popularity of Aurelia. Aurelia/us is commonly accepted as deriving from the Latin aurum "gold" via aureolus "golden." A handful of baptisms for Aurelia can be found from the 16th century in England, though they are very rare. The birth count for England and Wales shows a definite upward curve: 1996: 7 births (#2096)1998: 10 births (#1697)2000: 10 births (#1688)2002: 6 births (#2540)2004: 13 births (#1617)2005: 20 births (#1200)2006: 25 births (#1087)2007: 51 births (#675)2008: 49 births (#722)2009: 69 births (#556)2010: 70 births (#567)2011: 106 births (#414). | UK Birth Announcements 29/7/13 - 4/8/13 ». } Amelia's exotically-chic older sister and, Aurelia/us is commonly accepted as deriving from the Latin, This idea has validity; several Roman nomen originally started out as descriptive nicknames, such as, A handful of baptisms for Aurelia can be fou, UK Birth Announcements 29/7/13 - 4/8/13 », Top 100 Most Popular Names in England and Wales 2019, The Top 100 Names in England and Wales 1924. Please enable JavaScript if you would like to comment on this blog. Aurelia has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 14179 girls given the name in the past 200 years. } else if ( query != "pintix=1" ) { Usage of the name was low but very consistent, averaging around 4 births every year from 1838 to 1900 in England and Wales. Main In 212 Emperor Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus) gave Roman citizenship to all free-born inhabitants of the empire. Aurelia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "the golden one". } It could easily be true that the original Aurelius was nicknamed 'little ears', 'little ear-wigger' or some such. The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Aurelia' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the girls name Aurelia in the USA from 1880-2020. var e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','https://static.typepad.com/.shared//js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e); 1 being the highest and most popular, 66358 being the lowest and least used. Aurelia has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 14179 girls given the … « Name of the Week | var url = document.URL; During this year, 29 babies were named Aurelia, which was 0.0118% of the baby girls born in the USA that year. On the other hand, if the name derives from aurum, it could also have started out as a descriptive nickname for a person with golden hair. The graph below shows the popularity of the girls's name Aurelia from all the UK baby name statistics available. Everything Birthday is a free public resource site, and is not affiliated with the United States government or any Government agency. Several notable Roman women of this gens bore the name including all the daughters of Marcus Aurelius, the mother of Julius Caesar and three empresses. * Aurelia Browder (1919—1971), African-American civil rights activist. Aurelia's average ranking is 1469.1, with it's highest ever rank being #.

var e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','https://static.typepad.com/.shared//js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e); These girls names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. View Sitemap. var query = window.location.search.substring(1); } else { * Aurelia, character in the film Love Acually (2003). |. In the United States there have been a total of males named Aurelia, and 14179 females given the name, This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Aurelia in each state. Aurelia gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1886, when it's usage went up by 161.06%. * Aurelia del Carretto (b.c.1240), mother of Rainier I of Monaco. This idea has validity; several Roman nomen originally started out as descriptive nicknames, such as Fulvius "tawny," Claudius "limping" and Caecilius "blind", though sometimes they were used ironically. * Aurelia Spencer Rogers (1834—1922), American women's rights activist and suffragette. To find out more about the origin and meaning of the name Aurelia, as well as similar names, visit babynames.co.uk for inspiration!

* Countess Aurelia, a character in the Broadway play Dear World. if ( permalink == url ) { All rights reserved. * Aurelia Cotta (120 BC—54 BC), mother of Julius Caesar. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity. function callPin(permalink) { Aurelia is the #644 ranked female name by popularity. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'A' names, their over all rank among all girl names, the total number of baby girls expected to be given this name in 2020, and the total percentage of girls given this name. * Aurelia is a synonym for a chrysalis. Particularly, there were two saints of the name, one living in the 4th century and one in the 9th century. Contact us. It was not registered at all in 2005 and 2006, received 2 births in 2007 and 2008, 5 in 2009, 4 in 2010 (#634), 2 in 2011 (#976) and 7 (#467) in 2012. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Aurelia was in use in Continental Europe from at least the 10th century, especially in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco and Spain, though it was little used in Britain. It became so common that in the late period of the Empire it is difficult to distinguish members of the gens from others bearing the name. * Melitaea aurelia is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. This is unlike Europe where the name has has more popularity. * Aurelia, a small city in Iowa, U.S.A. Aurélie (French), Aranka (Hungarian), Orelia (Italian), Aureliana, aw-REE-lee-ə,  aw-RAY-lee-ə (UK) ow-RE-lya (Italy, Poland and elsewhere on the continent) [key], Aura, Aurry, Elia, Laurie, Lia, Rae, Relie, Ria, Sabina     Livia     Candida     Seraphina     Evelina     Valentina Leander     Rufus     Xavier     Phineas     Thaddeus     Evander, Upright Elegance   Modern Antiquity   Slickly Continental   Resonant Roman   Saintly & Stylish     Names from the Brontes, If you like Aurelia you may also like:  Aurora, Emiliana, Anastasia, Ophelia, Alethea, Eulalia, Annabella, Lelia, Allegra, Loredana, Posted at 08:55 PM in Etymology and Meanings, Name of the Week, Namesakes, Nicknames and Diminutives | Permalink, | Aurelia is feminine form of Aurelius, a Roman name denoting a member of the distinguished Aurelii family.

Aurelia is predominantly a girls name, with 100% of Aurelias being girls, and 0% being boys. * Saint Aurelia of Strasbourg (d. 1027), 10th century Austrian saint.