Aurelius?

[Lass23]

For a boy?
I like the meaning, that it is uncommon in the UK, that you can make lots of nicknames out of it.
Possible downsides- too posh/weird/will never find an accompanying sibling name? (Were thinking Emmeline for a girl)

I think that you need to avoid anything that sounds anything like “oral”. Kids- and adults- are mean.

Dumbledore.

I'd assume you were a Harry Potter fan. It's also not a great sounding name, as the PP said above, Oral.

@whinge

It’s Albus Dumbledore

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It’s Albus Dumbledore[/quote]
Nope Aurelius Dumbledore is from the new Fantastic beast films, the main character. It's quite a big plot point. The name is pretty unusual so the association with the character is more prominant, as opposed to a name like Harry.

Too long and a touch pretentious.

It's a beautiful name but will (sadly) get shortened to something daft like 'oral' in secondary school.

It's a shame, it's such a fab name otherwise.

It might depend on the school you plan to send him to though - if it's an expensive public school like Harrow, Rugby etc. it might be OK.

Depends what circles you move in

I think it’s fine myself - I think the oral refs are stretching it. I know an (admittedly Italian American) Aurelio.

If it does put you off then Augustus, Cornelius, Cassius, Julius are all alternatives

I like it, I don't think it sounds like 'oral' either although I suppose it would depend on the accent

I know someone with it as a middle name, they always refer to him as xxx Aurelius. We take the kids out of the parents for it all the time.

Its terrible. Just no.

It's an amazing name, if you're brave enough.

Reminds me of the old guy in the Gladiator film

@Ellmau it's not about if the parents are brave enough, is the kid?

Gorgeous but brave. I think we tend to be more conservative with boys names than girls in the UK - so Aurelia on a girl wouldn't raise as many eyebrows as Aurelius would on a boy. I think Elle Macpheron has a son named Aurelius though? So maybe more people (other than celebs) should be brave - I suppose he can always be Ray or Lee if he hates it/is more shy.

Emmeline is lovely - reminds more of the Suffagette and works fine with Aurelius. I think any multi -syllable, less common name would pair well, although I'd probably think more Greek or Roman like Octavia, Cassia, Ianthe, Persephone etc or Shakespearean - Nerissa, Perdita etc

Aurelius is a great name!

I also like Aurelia for a girl.

I prefer Aurelian.

Aurelius dumbledore!

Too long; it's a bit of a mouthful though I like it. If you want a connection to it, you could use Marcus...

I like it but I can't imagine any of the inevitable shortenings which would worry me!

Makes me think of areola 😦

Actually I agree the pp who suggested Aurelian instead. While I love Aurelius, it clearly has the classical Roman ending that some people think is "posh/out there" . Boys names ending in an "n" are much more popular/commonplace so Aurelian might not sound quite as unusual (ala Sebastian, Maximilian etc).

No it's awful. Far too much of a mouthful.

I like Aurelius although interestingly we definitely do go more conservative in name choices for boys.

My daughter is Aurelia and the oral thing has never come up as that’s not how it’s said. It’s much more an U sound than an Or

God I thought it was awful for a girl but then you said it's for a boy. It's one of the worst boys names I've ever heard. He will constantly get jokes about oral