Thoughts on the name Aurelia?

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Morning everyone! :)

What's everyone's thoughts on the name Aurelia?

From first looking at it how would you automatically assume to pronounce it?

We were thinking either ah-RAY-lee-ah or
oh-reh-lee (but I'm sure the second way of pronouncing it would be spent Aurélia?)

Also any suggestions for middle names & nicknames? Our surname is Clark!

Thanks

It's pronounced Or-ray-Lee-a and is a beautiful name!

I think it's really pretty. Would pronounce it aw-reh-lee-ah. I'm trying to think where over heard it before!

I’m not the biggest fan personally - I think it always makes me think of that slightly wet girl in Love Actually . I would pronounce it as pp said and I guess Ray would be the obvious nickname.

I would pronounce it like @Ginfilledcats

I think it’s lovely. I know an Aurelia - they pronounce it Au-ree-lia

Love it, although she will be spelling it out forever. "I see you've written O-R-A-Y... it's A-U-R-E... yes A-U... sorry I said A-U-R-E, not R-A-Y"... etc. I know because I have a semi-unusual name (far less unusual than Aurelia) yet I have had to spell it out endlessly over the years. People will ask how to spell it, I politely, patiently and slowly spell it out and still watch them write it phonetically, it's like the brain and the hand can't connect.

I love Aurelia. There may be some issues spelling and pronouncing it at first, but it’s shouldn’t be too difficult for people to remember. I think it’s well known enough that she wouldn’t be correcting everyone.

sorry, it makes me think of nipples!! And if you're not sure how to pronounce it then you can probably assume that other people won't be able to either! Having a name that you have to constantly spell or pronounce for people really does get tiresome.

I'd pronounce it Or-EEL-ya. I don't like it - it looks pretty but too similar to the overused Amelia and a bit princessy.

I like it but don’t think it sounds nice in most British accents.

I think it's beautiful. Love the diminutive Rae too. Gorgeous name.

I don’t like it at all. I think it sounds like somebody trying to speak with their mouth full. And it reminds me of nipples.

I think it always makes me think of that slightly wet girl in Love Actually
Me too

Looking at it I’d pronounce it Aw-REE-lee-uh

Lovely

Or-ay-lia

It’s beautiful.

I love it actually,, shortened to rae if you want something less girlie or lia?

Aurelia Willow Clarke
Aurelia Bethan Clarke
Aurelia May Clarke
Aurelia Louise Clarke

I adore the name Aurelia 😍

toast you are always meeting new people through your life to give your name to, from form filling, receptionists, to ordering takeways and coffees! I've been tempted to give a commonly known name that's simple to spell for the less important ones, but then I feel like a furtive imposter!

Love it!!! It was nearly our dds middle name

I know a subset Aurelia and James 😃. A beautiful princessy name.

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I'm not keen on it. And I've heard several pronunciations - I'd have to ask but would default to Or-RAY-lee-ah.

It's not an English-language name (orginally Latin) and has increased substantially in popularity in Britain since the 'wet girl' episode in the film 'Love Actually' (2003) mentioned by previous poster. names.darkgreener.com/#aurelia

In most of Europe it's pronounced Ow-RAY-li-ah
forvo.com/search/aurelia/it/

Or-re-lee-ah. It's lovely. Reminds me of the Sinhala name for the frangipane or temple tree flower (ah-ra-li-ya)
As for the association with the 2003 love actually character.. don't think your daughter's peers will have a clue about that! And nicknames take care of themselves. I called my eldest pip till the youngest started speaking, then he was phoebo as that's how the little one pronounced his name.

Aurelia Dobre was the 1987 gymnastics world champion - I adored her growing up and think it’s a beautiful name!