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Aurelian

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Strategist · 04/01/2022 19:22

For a boy... thoughts? There were 5 in 2020. I like it, but I'm not sure where you'd go with it nickname wise?

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Strategist · 04/01/2022 20:44

@garlictwist the Roman emperor is spelt Aurelian, Aurelien is the French spelling

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BiscuitLover3678 · 04/01/2022 20:43

@Synchrony

I don't know how to pronounce it. Is it Or-REL-ian? Aurel-EE-an?
Aw-ree-Lee-an
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Strategist · 04/01/2022 20:42

@Synchrony or-AY-lee-un, the male version of Aurelia

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garlictwist · 04/01/2022 20:41

I think it's spelled Aurelien

Antiqueanniesmagiclanternshow · 04/01/2022 20:38

Really? A million Aurelias?
I have never met an Aurelia and have worked in education for 15 years

gemininova · 04/01/2022 20:35

Don't love it and there will be about a million Aurelia's at school with him!

Frazzled2207 · 04/01/2022 20:33

I think Aurelien is French.
Aurelian would be an anglicisation, not keen.

Synchrony · 04/01/2022 20:32

I don't know how to pronounce it. Is it Or-REL-ian? Aurel-EE-an?

Ionlydomassiveones · 04/01/2022 20:31

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user1493494961 · 04/01/2022 20:30

I'm smiling at the thought of choosing a name like Aurelian and calling him Ian for short.

Warmduscher · 04/01/2022 20:28

@scottishnames

Perfectly OK name. If I remember correctly, name of son of Carla Bruni, who later married controverial French president Sarkozy.

Names don't have to have surbanes.

Just looked her up on Wikipedia - her son is Aurélien, which is French and would be pronounced completely differently.

What’s a surbane?

KeyErro · 04/01/2022 20:27

I like it.
Ian for short? Wink

Berrybear · 04/01/2022 20:26

It sounds like the name of a double glazing company to me. Sorry.

Alfixn · 04/01/2022 20:25

Oh. I've never heard of an Aurelian but I really like it!

scottishnames · 04/01/2022 20:24

Perfectly OK name. If I remember correctly, name of son of Carla Bruni, who later married controverial French president Sarkozy.

Names don't have to have surbanes.

Warmduscher · 04/01/2022 19:26

Laurie is the nickname for Laurence.

Aurelian sounds like an adjective to me, sorry.

KirstenBlest · 04/01/2022 19:24

Laurie?

It's the name of a roman emperor.

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