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Aureliusz

Latin at root, from a name meaning "golden". A rare one in Poland, given to only a handful of boys each year, but the count has been climbing lately: more arrived last year than in most years before.

Aureliusz Pronunciation

Aureliusz is pronounced ah-oo-REL-yoosh (/auˈrɛljuʂ/).

Alive in 2025
716
Newborns 2025
16
National rank
#1103
Also celebrates
13 September
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What Aureliusz means

Where Aureliusz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Aureliusz descends from Latin. Its root is aureus, meaning golden, the same word that named a Roman gold coin and the gens Aurelia, the family into which the emperor Marcus Aurelius was born. The name arrives already tied to metal and light, and its short meaning stays near that source: golden, złoty in Polish.

The most famous bearer of the older form is that emperor, whose Stoic notebook is still read under the title Meditations. A boy called Aureliusz shares his root with a philosopher on the throne, though the Polish spelling, with its -usz ending in place of Latin -us, belongs to a later century.

On a school register the name stands out for its length and its Roman sound. It has an imieniny like any other. And it still means what its root meant: golden, złoty.

When Aureliusz celebrates name day

Aureliusz appears 9 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 26 April.

Next name day
13 September
Sunday in 2026
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Also celebrates

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 Aureliusz

1 in 29813 men in Poland is named Aureliusz. 716 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1103 among male names.

People with the name Aureliusz 2019 → 2025
716 +50 since 2019
2020 667 +1
2021 673 +6
2022 678 +5
2023 685 +7
2024 702 +17
2025 716 +14

Aureliusz's popularity over time

16 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #569 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2011.

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16 newborns with the name Aureliusz in 2025
national rank #569 that year

Where Aureliusz is most popular

Aureliusz is most popular in Opole, 360% above the national average (5 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+103%) and Lubusz (+71%). It is least common in Silesian and Łódź, 63% and 33% below average respectively.

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Aureliusz as a middle name

Aureliusz is a first name for 716 men in Poland and a middle name for another 760, a 49/51 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 259th, between Patrycjusz (761) and Jeremiasz (760).

As a first name
716
As a middle name
760
first name 49% middle name 51%
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