The distinguished surname Aurelio can be traced back to the ancient and beautiful region of
Venice. The people here were known by only a single name until it became necessary for them to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed
hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they were characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. Aurelio is a
patronymic surname, a name derived from the father's given name. The surname Aurelio came from the first name Aurello, the ancient Latin cognomen Aurellius. The Latin given name Aurellius comes from the words aurum, which means gold and aurora, which means dawn or light.
Early Origins of the Aurelio family
The surname Aurelio was first found in Aquileia in 421, where Marco Aureli was a government consul. This surname is believed to have developed before this period in Rome, making it one of the oldest surviving surnames.
Early History of the Aurelio family
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Aurelio Spelling Variations
Enormous variation in spelling and form characterizes those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. This is caused by two main factors: regional tradition, and inaccuracies in the recording process. Before the last few
hundred years, scribes spelled names according to their sounds.
Spelling variations were the unsurprising result. The variations of Aurelio include Aureli, Aurelio, Auregli, Aurìlia, Aureliani, Auria, Aurelius, Aurilio and many more.
Early Notables of the Aurelio family (pre 1700)
Prominent among members of the family was Giovanni Battista Aureli, who was a minister in the Calabrian town of San Sisto in 1538. Vincenzo Auria studied law in Palermo in 1625 and was a prominent member of the Sicilian nobility. Aurelio Aureli lived in...
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Migration of the Aurelio family to the New World and Oceana
Immigrants bearing the name Aurelio or a variant listed above include:
Aurelio Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Aurelio Francyeo Aurelio, aged 16, who emigrated to the United States from Albertara, in 1898
Aurelio Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
- Antimo Aurelio, aged 22, who landed in America from Bellona, in 1902
- Marco Aurelio, aged 28, who emigrated to the United States from Curtello, in 1904
- Angela Aurelio, aged 20, who emigrated to America from Procida, Italy, in 1907
- Domenica Aurelio, aged 41, who landed in America from Ficarazzi-Palermo, Sicily, in 1907
- Genzardi Aurelio, aged 25, who landed in America from Naples, in 1907
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Contemporary Notables of the name Aurelio (post 1700)
- Thomas A. Aurelio (1892-1973), American Democrat politician, Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1944-61 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html - Aida Louise Aurelio (1906-1999), American Democrat politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html