Aurelius
[ɔːˈrɛliəs]Meaning
Roman family name derived from Latin aureus, meaning "golden, gilded"
Background Story
Aurelius was a Roman family name, derived from the Latin aureus, meaning "golden, gilded". It was borne by Marcus Aurelius, the 2nd-century Roman emperor and philosophical writer, and by several early saints. After Roman citizenship was extended to all free residents of the empire in 212, large numbers of new citizens took the name Aurelius. Its feminine form is Aurelia, and it is used in French, Frisian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish.
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