Aurelia

[smiles4u]

How funny AJC ... my name is Lorelle and i can get REL

I was thinking Lia maybe

[JellyBean]

Aurelia is very pretty indeed. It's like a mix of Audrey and Amelia- both names I love.
I pronounce it Aw-ree-lee-a. Although you could say it 'Aw-ray-lee-a' if you preferred it that way....
One of the good things about Aurelia is that its not a name that will attract heaps of nicknames- its not so easy to shorten.
But I guess she may get 'Relia', 'Aury' (Aw-re), or 'Lia'.
I think Aury/Aurie is still cute.

[summerluven]

I saw it on Love Actually too, and the plot involving that character and Colin Firth is my favourite, so I LOVE it.

It was pronounced Au-rell-ia.

pronunciation is a funny thing though isn't it. Unless the word is Cat or Dog, people will always read things differently.

[Antonia Blanche]

I like it. I'd pronounce it aw-REEL-ya- and I've never seen Love Actually- but I've sort of heard the other pronounciation. I haven't met any Aurelias, but my grandfather knew a man named Aurelio, pronounced ah-ray-lee-o. He was Hispanic, so I'd assume ah-ray-lee-ah was the Spanish pronounciation of Aurelia.