Avrelian (russian: Аврелиа́н) is an old and uncommon Russian male
first name.
[Petrovsky, p. 36] The name is derived from either
Latin ''
Aurelius
The gens Aurelia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which flourished from the third century BC to the latest period of the Empire. The first of the Aurelian gens to obtain the consulship was Gaius Aurelius Cotta in 252 BC. From then to ...
'' (a Roman
gens
In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; plural: ''gentes'' ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same Roman naming conventions#Nomen, nomen and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a ''stirps'' (p ...
), itself derived from the Latin word ''aureolus'', meaning ''
golden'',
or from the
adjective ''Aurelianus''.
[Superanskaya p. 23]
The name was included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, but was omitted from the official
Synod
A synod () is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. The word ''wikt:synod, synod'' comes from the meaning "assembly" or "meeting" and is analogous with the Latin ...
al
Menologium at the end of the 19th century.
[Superanskaya pp. 23 and 33] In 1924–1930, the name was included into various Soviet calendars, which included the new and often artificially created names, although in this case the name was simply re-introduced.
[Superanskaya pp. 22 and 33]
Its
diminutive
A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formati ...
s include Avrelya (), Relya (), and Ava ().
The
patronymics derived from "Avrelian" are "" (''Avrelianovich''; masculine) and "" (''Avrelianovna''; feminine).
References
Notes
Sources
*Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (''Dictionary of Russian First Names''). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.
*
А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (''Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling''). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005.
*
А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (''Dictionary of Russian Names''). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005.
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Masculine given names