Aurel
Aurel is a Romanian-language masculine given name derived from Latin "Aurelius". The country with the largest proportion of people named Aurel is Albania with 0.1209% of the population. Following is Romania and France.
- Romanian
- German
- Hungarian
Meaning & Origin of Aurel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aurel is a Romanian-language masculine given name derived from Latin "Aurelius". The country with the largest proportion of people named Aurel is Albania with 0.1209% of the population. Following is Romania and France.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Romanian
- German
- Hungarian
The Story of Aurel
As a girl name
Aurel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1914, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1914: 7 births, good for #2,876 nationwide. About 55% of every Aurel on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Aurel last appeared in the published SSA data in 1927, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 33 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Aurel as a boy name dates back to 1913, when 8 babies received it. 1927 was its biggest year on record, with 16 newborns named Aurel — #2,034 in the national rankings. About 46% of every Aurel on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Aurel last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 195 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Aurel
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Aurel. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Aurică
Names that sound like Aurel
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About the name Aurel
Aurel is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 195 births in the dataset. Aurel's peak popularity came in 1927 when it ranked #2,034. Use the chart and map above to compare Aurel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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