Aurelia (name)

Aurelia (also spelled Aurelía, Aurélia or Aurelija) is a feminine given name from the Latin family name Aurelius, which was derived from aureus meaning "golden". The name began from minor early saints but was given as a name due to its meaning, and not from where it originated. Aurelia may refer to:

Historical

• A woman of the gens Aurelia of Ancient Rome
• Aurelia Correia, African businesswoman
• Aurelia Cotta (120 BC – 54 BC), mother of Julius Caesar
• Aurelia Paulina, 2nd century noblewoman
• Aurelia of Strasbourg, 4th century saint
• Aurelia of Regensburg (died 1027), Roman Catholic saint

Modern (from 20th-century)

• Aurelia Arkotxa (born 1953), Spanish writer
• Aurelia Brădeanu (born 1979), Romanian handballer
• Aurelia E. Brazeal (born 1943), American diplomat
• Aurelia Browder (1919–1971), African-American civil rights activist
• Aurelia Ciurea (born 1982), Romanian aerobic gymnast
• Aurelia Courtney (born 2014), daughter of American Bravo TV stars Nadine Jolie Courtney and Erik Courtney
• Aurelia Dobre (born 1972), Romanian gymnast
• Aurelia Frick (born 1975), Liechtenstein politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2009
• Aurelia Greene (born 1934), American politician
• Aurelia Harwood (1865–1928), American conservationist
• Aurelia Litsner De Fere (1835–1917), Hungarian musician
• Aurelija Mikušauskaitė (1937–1974), Lithuanian actress
• Aurelia Molins (1582–1641), English midwife
• Aurelia Pentón (born 1941), Cuban track and field athlete
• Aurelia Plath (1906–1994), mother of American poet Sylvia Plath
• Aurelia Henry Reinhardt (1877–1948), American educator
• Aurélia de Souza (1867–1922), Portuguese painter
• Aurelia Tizón (1902–1938), first wife of Argentine president Juan Perón
• Aurelia Trywiańska (born 1976), Polish hurdler

See also

• Aurélie