Comments for AURELIA:

This is a gorgeous and centuries-old name that could be found in the Roman Empire. Pronounced commonly as ah-RAYL-ya or ah-RAY-lee-ah.

-- Anonymous User  6/11/2005

Means "Golden Lady" in Latin

-- Laleroc  7/5/2005

I will have to agree that this is a gorgeous name ~ I named my daughter Aurelia. Sometimes we call her Aurelie (which is French for Aurelia) as a nickname, but her friends have adopted Lia (which is nice as well). Overall, this is a wonderful and magnificent name!

-- Anonymous User  7/26/2005

Charlie Chaplin's great granddaughter is called Aurelia Thierry. I recently saw her show, Aurelia's Oratorio, where she does crazy acrobatics and dances with all sorts of surreal stories going on. I found it so magical that if I ever have a daughter I'd love to name her Aurelia.

-- Mustardseed  1/31/2006

This is my mother's name, and the pronunciation we use is Uh-RILL-yah, not the long A sound. I think it probably just formed from the "accent" people have in my region.

-- jc  3/2/2006

I love this name! Aurelia is such a beautiful name. I think it sounds better (and I like it better) than Aurora. Although both a are pretty and unique in their own way. This is definitely one of my favorite recommended names. Lovely!

-- Anonymous User  6/2/2006

So pretty. I first heard this name from the movie "Love Actually" and I fell in love with it then. I think the name sounds so lively and soft all rolled into one.

-- Anonymous User  6/22/2006

Amazing, beautiful, yet not even on the top 1000 in my country. I love it.

-- nelirosala  8/30/2006

I find the name difficult to pronounce.

-- Anonymous User  9/12/2006

Pronounced Ah-RAY-lee-ya.

-- dondonsae  9/18/2006

I love this name and I also like Aurelita.

-- bellaboo  11/2/2006

Aurelia is just such a beautiful name, but it is hardly used. I have never met or heard of an Aurelia.

-- Petroushka  3/3/2007

Pronounced
- ow (like "ow, I stubbed my toe")
- rel (rhymes with Dell or bell or sell)
- yah (like the karate people on TV yell ha-YAH! when they hit people)

This name has been on my list for awhile. It is my top favorite girls name at the moment.

-- Anonymous User  6/21/2007

Aurelia is the Czech and Slovak form.
Aurelia´s nicknames: Aura, Aurea, Lia, Relia.
Pronounced as "Ou-REH-lya".

-- Karcoolka  6/22/2007

Julius Caesar's mother was named Aurelia.

-- elizabeth hamlet  9/19/2007

My favorite name at the moment, simply perfect.

-- audreyhubley  11/11/2007

I've only known this name as a Hispanic name.

-- Anonymous User  2/13/2008

Beautiful beyond words.

-- Lady Seashell  2/18/2008

I loved this name, until my husband said our daughter would be universally teased and called areola.

-- Anonymous User  3/4/2008

To one of the above posters who said she liked this name until her husband told her that their daughter would be called areola, why in God's name would you even think that? To me it looks nothing like the word areola. If you ask me, I can think of a lot of names that can bring utterly disagreeable ideas that can come to mind, one name being Abigail, which looks like a-big-gal. Or the name Celia, resembling the word cilia. Sheesh.

-- Anonymous User  1/29/2009

In the French play "The Madwoman of Chaillot", Lady Aurelia is the name of the central character. Notable performers of the role have included Martita Hunt, who won a Tony Award for the role in 1949, and Magda Szubanski. In the 1969 film adaption, the character was portrayed by the legendary Katharine Hepburn. When the play was adapted into the Broadway musical "Dear World" in 1975, the character was portrayed by Angela Lansbury.

-- AndrewJKD  3/12/2008

Also used in Portugal and Brazil, and is spelled Aurélia.

-- Anonymous User  3/22/2008

I think this is a beautiful name. It really does sound golden, like its meaning.

-- Pippin  3/23/2008

Aurelia Aurita is another name for the common moon jellyfish.

-- Anonymous User  4/12/2008

Very pretty name, it sounds very royal to me, like the name of a queen or princess. I like the sound and the meaning, but I think it's a little out there and borderline pretentious for my taste.

-- pandasayscynical  7/13/2008

I love this name! I can't even describe how beautiful it sounds.

-- bananarama  10/7/2008

Aurelia Jadrná was Arnold Schwarzenegger´s mother.

-- Emilie007  10/12/2008

I love the name Aurelia. I love how it sounds and it gives me the impression of a elegant girl.

-- A.Miles  12/28/2008

Eh. There's better names.

-- Kerules  5/11/2009

I love this name. It's elegant and feminine. Maybe a little "frilly", but I like that.

-- Beautiful Victory  5/19/2009

This is my name and I absolutely love it. Everyone in my family pronounces it slightly different, which I think makes it even more interesting.
Occasionally I get frustrated when people keep asking me to repeat it, or when they try to joke with it (the most common being pouncing it "I'll rail ya"), but I still wouldn't change it for anything.

-- goldenrail  11/23/2009

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