Aelia
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning of the sun; feminine form of aelius.
Aelia by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Aelia. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aelia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Aelia
Names that are said the same way as Aelia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Aliyahexalted or ascent1,897 in the US (2017)
- Aliyaexalted, sublime80 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alaiyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aaliyasublime or exalted; a form of Aliyah34 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alliyahascension; a form of Aliyah41 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the sun
Like Aelia, each of these has the sun in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sunnybright or cheerful like the sun69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marisolsea and sun250 in the US (2017)
- Eleanorabright light or sun ray; a form of Eleanor42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Solsun49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Soleilsun133 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Aelia
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