THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Aurelia
Aurelia is recorded as a female given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through Spanish, specifically the form Aurelia.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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CebuanoEtymology & source
From Spanish Aurelia, from Latin Aurēlia.
a female given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin], equivalent to English Aurelia
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EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Latin Aurēlia, the feminine form of the Roman gens name Aurēlius, from aureus (“golden”).
A female given name from Latin.
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SpanishEtymology & source
Learned borrowing from Latin Aurēlia.
a female given name, equivalent to English Aurelia
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Aurelia in the birth records
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Similar names to Aurelia
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Aurelio♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Amelia♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Angelia♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Aurea·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Aureliano·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Amalia♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Aureiana·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Aurellano·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Aurelia?
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Explore Aurelia further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Aurelia (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Aurelia (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Aurelia (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.