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Pronunciation and Nick names for Aurelia

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CakeandRoses · 02/05/2010 11:10

As those who have been helping me thru my name-pain on my 'frilly girls name' thread will know, my DH suddenly did a U-turn last week and said he was considering Aurelia (my fave girl's name) but I wasn't to nag and beg him mention it to him about it until he's had a chance to ponder it. Unbelievably, I've managed not to say a word about it but I plan to later today . Hopefully, my hopes won't be dashed!

Anyway, I thought I'd get myself all prepared in case it's a goer.

I've heard/read of at least three pronuncations of the name, it doesn't seem as though there's one correct version, as it appears to be pronounced differently in different countries. I can't decide whether I prefer:

Or-Rell-Ia (rel to rhyme with bell)

Or-Ray-Lia

Thoughts?

Also, I was initially struggling for nick names but depending on the pronunciation, some of these could be ok.

Aury
Aura
Rels
Ray/Raya
Lia

Thoughts?

Thank you (and wish me luck!)

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JustTheCrowsAndTheBeef · 11/07/2019 19:32

NINE YEAR OLD ZOMBIE THREAD.

Colourfulest · 11/07/2019 18:46

And I would say Aur-ay-lee-ah

Colourfulest · 11/07/2019 18:45

We considered it for our DD and she would have been Auri for short most likely. I also love Raya though. We almost called her Soraya nn Raya.

kittytiggy · 11/07/2019 18:33

I know an Aurelia nicknamed Goldie. (the name means golden)

A2054 · 11/07/2019 14:23

Most English speaking people would say Aur-ee-liah for this spelling as it is historically spoken this way unless you are of Latin descent. This way seems more old fashioned and more english to me. But it is personal preference.
I prefered the Au-ray-liah pronunciation and so spell it Auralia to avoid any confusion and also prefer the spelling. It also has aura in it and I like the light connection as my daughtwr is named moon in Spanish as my husband works in Astro physics so it suits us.

Littlemum2be86 · 08/04/2018 14:05

I like Au-ray-Lia as pronounced in Love Actually. Sounds beautiful.

NN could be Rae or Auri x

Futter · 08/04/2018 12:27

With Aurelia I just hear Oral! Grin

mathanxiety · 24/03/2015 14:24

Why are there so many zombie threads on Baby Names just now?

Gemerama · 23/03/2015 08:12

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florascotia · 22/03/2015 19:33

If anyone is still reading this thread, you can listen to various pronounciations here:
www.forvo.com/search/Aurelia/it/

BreeVDKamp · 22/03/2015 19:32

This thread is 5 years old.

aurelia111 · 22/03/2015 19:26

Hi
My name is Aurelia and I find it really annoying when I'm being called or-rell-ya.
Is being pronounced the same way as Australia ...starting with AW-... and NOT OR-...
Plus orelia means ear in Portuguese and some people use it so just to make fun of the name.

lisianthus · 08/08/2011 18:38

Or ree lia here too. I dont think it really lends itself to being shortened. Great name though. Very Victorian classic.

JessPankhurst · 08/08/2011 14:15

Hi,
my Daughter who was born in April is called Aurelia. I had an emergency c section and Pneumonia and I hadn't decided on a name before she was born. We were looking up girls names but with being pretty drugged up and never having time we couldn't get passed the As, although I would always get interrupted on Aurelia so that was it it had to be her name.
I tend to pronounce her name both Auraylia and Aurellia depending how it comes out my mouth at the time. Poor Girl has many Nicknames ie Relish, Rel, Raylie, Smelly Aureli, Reli, Ray, Lia to name but a few. I like the way you can play around with her name a lot. Other members of the family tend to just call her Aurellia.
I am sure you have had your Daughter by now. Hope it went well. Did you stick to Aurelia?

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CakeandRoses · 24/07/2010 23:14

providentielle - i agree but I suppose there are exceptions, such as Ophelia

Thank you serendipity and ems83

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Ems83 · 24/07/2010 17:08

Hiya,

My daughter is called Evelyn but my cat is named Aurelia and we pronounce it au-re-lia.

It's a fab name

providentielle · 24/07/2010 17:05

I know an Aurelia with a French mum who pronounces it Au-rell-ia.

I'm a bit confused as to why it would be prononced Or-reel-ia as there is only one E in it meaning it can't be an ee sound surely??

serendipity16 · 23/07/2010 07:55

My local chinese take-away shop is called Aurelia & they pronounce it Au-ree-lia.

Good luck with your c-section x

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CakeandRoses · 23/07/2010 00:19

Ooooh it was a nice surprise to see my oldish thread had been revived - I'm having a c-sec early next week so will soon know if we will indeed have a little Aurelia (with the Rell pronunciation probably)!

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kiwidreamer · 22/07/2010 19:54

I've always thought of it as being pronounced Or-Ree-Lee-Ah but now I think about it does feel like a pretty (as in lovely), European name that is more likely pronounced Or-Ray-Lee-Ah - both are very nice sounding IMO

As far as nicknames go the only thought I had was Lia could be turned to Liar by the playground mob but it might not be an issue, after all they will always find something to pick on at the end of the day.

Does Ree-Ree appeal (with that pronounciation)? I had a friend called Lorraine and she was known Ray-Ray as it wasnt a common name for her generation.

Aura might be mistaken for a hippy first name, not saying that is a bad thing just puttin' it out there

PaintingTheFence · 22/07/2010 16:57

Au-REE-lee-a

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Gigantaur · 22/07/2010 14:59

i would say it as Or ray lia.

I love it.

I'd call her Ray or lia or i dunno, Button or something.

But i really really like that though.

DandyDan · 22/07/2010 14:57

Aurelia is the Latin name for the town of Orleans.

I'd say "Or-reel-ia", and would choose nicknames of Ree or Reely", though I have heard of an Aurelia who ended up nicknamed Lily.

amy175 · 21/07/2010 11:14

my 6 year old is Aurelia, we pronouce it AU REE lia and we don't really shorten it except her older sister sometimes calls her Ree or reely.