Aurelia

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How do you say it?

I know how I say it but interested in what the variations might be.

Or - rell - ee- a

Only because the only one I know pronounces it like this.

Or-ray-leah

Or-REHL-yah

The way that cranberryorange said up there ^

o ray lee a

There was one in Love Actually, I think it's a lovely name, also love Aurelie

I would ask.

I'm surprised at this thread - I would have thought most people would pronounce it Or-eel-ya or Or-eel-ee-a unless the 'Aurelia' in question was from another country.

And 'Aurelie' would mostly be pronounced 'orally'.

Yy I like Aurelie better, but here it would be pronounced 'orally' :(

I would pronounce Aurelia as Or-eel-ee-a.

Or - Ray - Lee - A

It should be said like the character out of Love Actually - it's a beautiful name

Au reel ee a.

Or RELL ee ah

I love it - wanted it for DD, but DH vetoed it and DD confirms that she would have changed her name by deed poll if I had called her that. They know nothing.

I agree Sir, they are both wrong

Or-REEL-ee-uh.

I like aurora, so aurelia sounds lovely to me. Problem is i cant find one person to agree with me and until i do hubby says it cant go on the list :(

I love it but was put off when someone pointed out it sounds like the bit around a nipple (areola?). It doesn't! But I couldn't stop mixing them up after that

I'd say Orrellia though I know a couple of little Polish Ow-ray-lias.

I'd say Ow-Ray-Lia, like in Love Actually.

Oh dont i like rhea but someone said last week what if the kids call her diarrhea!!! I am gutted as i cant stop thinking that now

It's Italian so strictly speaking it should be pronounced OW-reh-lia with the OW rhyming with HOW (but then Claudia should be CLOW-dia - like cloudier - and Laura LOW-ra). I think most people will pronounce it Orellia.

Technically it's not Italian, it's Latin.

(I have never heard anyone who is speaking English pronounce 'Aurelius' (usually when talking about Marcus Aurelius) in any way other than 'or-eel-ee-us', which is why the preference for other pronunciations of the feminine version surprised me.)

One of my ex boyfriends has a daughter called Aurelia and it is pronounced Orelleea, the first bit is like oral but with an e. Or alternatively, or as in the word, elle as in the magazine and leea as in the name Leah.

Never thought of orally for Aurelie!!! But it is so true in this country. I have only heard it in France. Shame because in French it is beautiful.

Oh-ray-lee-ah, but with the Oh being relatively soft, though not as soft as just 'o' iyswim.