Aurelius

Where Aurelius comes from

From Latin Aurēlius.
— Wiktionary's entry for Aurelius
  • Latin
  • 4 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1900
    Aurelius Arkenau born
    German priest
  2. 1910
    Aurelius Battaglia born
    American artist
  3. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,496 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2025
    Peak, #991
    230 babies named Aurelius — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin; of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world.
Namesakes
  • Aurelius Arkenau · German priest, 1900–1991
  • Aurelius Battaglia · American artist, 1910–1984
  • Aurelius Müller · superintendent, 1741–1806
  • Aurelius Frobenius · 1539–1587

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.