Entry № 0278 · Latin origin

Aurea Aurea — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ OW-reh-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Golden (Roman virgin-martyr)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "golden (roman virgin-martyr)".

Aurea is the Latin feminine of aureus (golden). **Saint Aurea of Ostia (d. 270)** was the Roman virgin-martyr drowned with a stone tied around her neck under Emperor Aurelian — patron saint of Ostia.

Also Saint Aurea of San Millán, Spanish hermit-saint, subject of Gonzalo de Berceo's medieval poem.

Golden. The Roman martyr drowned with a stone around her neck.

Where Aurea stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Aurea · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Aureas before her.

Real people
Saint Aurea of Ostia
Roman virgin-martyr.
d. 270
Saint Aurea of San Millán
Spanish hermit-saint.
1043 – 1070
In fiction
Aurea
Subject of Berceo's poem.
13th c.

Names connected to Aurea.

The number behind Aurea.

6

The Nurturer

Aurea reduces to six — the number of golden martyr.

Why families chose this name.

"Golden martyr. Five letters. Aurea."
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