Aurelian
From the Latin word for "golden". Around 90 Polish men carry it and not a single woman does, a name so rare most people here will never meet one.
Aurelian Pronunciation
Aurelian is pronounced ah-oo-REL-yahn (/auˈrɛljan/).
What Aurelian means
Where Aurelian comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Aurelian comes from Latin, from "aurum," gold, the same root behind the short meaning: golden. The Roman family name Aurelius produced it, and it traveled into Polish alongside the variants Aurelia and Aurela.
History gives it a real bearer. Aurelian ruled Rome from 270 to 275, a soldier-emperor who walled the city and reunited a fracturing empire. His full name was Lucius Domitius Aurelianus, and it held the gold root centuries before Poland borrowed the name.
The meaning stays close to the metal. Aurum gave Latin its word for gold, and the same root sits in the chemical symbol Au. When a Polish child answers to Aurelian at the school register, the name still points back to that shining word.
The feminine Aurelia softens the ending. Aurela trims it further. All three keep złoty at the base.
When Aurelian celebrates name day
Aurelian appears 3 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 16 June.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Aurelian
1 in 239845 men in Poland is named Aurelian. 89 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3715 among male names.
Aurelian's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Aurelian is most popular
Aurelian is most popular in Lesser Poland, 376% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+205%).
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Lesser Poland2 boys born+376%
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Masovian2 boys born+205%
Aurelian as a middle name
Aurelian is a first name for 89 men in Poland and a middle name for another 37, a 71/29 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1317th, between Anatoliusz (37) and Bożysław (37).
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#1315 Vasile38
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#1316 Anatoliusz37
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#1317 Aurelian37
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#1318 Bożysław37
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#1319 Brendan37