Aurelian

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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?

Oral-Ian? It's not good! Like Aurelius though.

No! Not oral-ian!
Au- like autumn
Ray
Lee
An

Name of a very fine French rugby player (Google aurelien rougerie if you fancy some eye candy).

Ray-Lee? Spelt phonetically obviously!

Sounds too Oral to me. Kids are brutal.

"Aurelian" is not a name
Aurélien or Aurelius are. Both a bit try hard imo - Aurélien maybe if you're French.

@ISeeTheLight

"Aurelian" is not a name Aurélien or Aurelius are. Both a bit try hard imo - Aurélien maybe if you're French.

Tell that to the ancient Romans...

Haha @EverNapping, exactly, who does @ISeeTheLight think built those walls 😂

Not for me but all my kids have dull names🤣

God it's a name that will have to be spelt slooooooowwllyyyy as people will get confused with all the vowels. I speak with bitter experience.

Sounds like Orwellian.

Love it! Worked with Aurelien. Not Or, it's Au (like the start of ouch) Au-ray-Lee-an

Aurelia is a popular name, so I think his name would often be misheard.

I love it.

I know one...uses the nickname Rels

I like it - nn Ozzie?

It's a great name, I love it! I have an Aurelian neighbour who some goes by Ray for short.

It’s really nice but also really long and a bit “much”. Would be a fabulous middle name though!

@IamnotwhouthinkIam

Aurelian is lovely, I wish I was brave enough to use it! - obvious nn's would be Aurie or Ray to me, both very nice. I like Aurelius too but I suppose the "an" ending fits in better with all the more popular "n" ending boys names (Ethan, Roman, Logan, Sebastian etc).

I see this phrase a lot but I suppose it’s not really you who needs to be brave. You’re not the one who needs to introduce yourself as Aurelian at the local comp.

Honestly I think this is a very big name. One of those interesting and cool middle names but needs a big personality to pull off as a first name. Like it would be cool if you were a very cool, of the moment, sensitive actor (sort of Timothée Chalamet type) and not so cool if you were a very shy and reserved year 8 with a bad fringe who dreams of being an accountant (sort of Marcus from about a boy type).

@ISeeTheLight

"Aurelian" is not a name Aurélien or Aurelius are. Both a bit try hard imo - Aurélien maybe if you're French.

It's most definitely a rather normal name in Romania. And possibly other Eastern European countries? Donno.

Pronounced Ah-oo-reh-lee-un, quite different from the French version.

Not my favourite, but definitely usable.

Sounds like a Scottish person talking about their alien.

Only joking - I actually like it!

I really like Aurelian. The only intuitive nicknames are Ray and Ian, though others mentioned above could work.

It’s a big name, but I don’t think too out there to use. I would use a more conventional middle name though, in case he wants to switch to that. The problems with deciding which names are usable or not is that the person you are giving the name to can’t let you know what they think until too far down the line. Aurelian might wish his name were Oliver, while Oliver might resent his ‘boring, overpopular’ name and want something more different. If you’re unsure then might be worth your husband roadtesting it for a while. Introduce himself as Aurelian, get a drink at Stabucks and see how that goes.

I personally think they will spend their life being Ray or whatever shortened version is decided on, so the question is rather, do you want a son called Ray / Ian etc who occasionally mentions that his full name is actually Aurelian?

Aurelius?

I wasn't really aware of the name before, and I hate to say it, but it does sound a bit pretentious. Like a fairy king in a pantomime, or something from a legend or 'Lord of the Rings'. Not for a real child.