Aurel (given name)

Aurel is a Romanian-language masculine given name derived from Latin "Aurelius".

People with the name include:

• Aurel Aldea (1887–1949), Romanian general, Interior Minister, and anti-communist resistance leader
• Aurel Babeș (1886–1962), Romanian pathologist
• Aurel Băeșu (1896–1928), Romanian painter
• Aurél Bernáth (1895–1982), Hungarian painter and art theorist
• Aurel Bratu (born 1973), Romanian fencer
• Aurel Braun (born 1947), Canadian political scientist
• Aurel Bulgariu (1934–1995), Romanian handball player
• Aurel Bylykbashi, Albanian politician
• Aurel Ciupe (1900–1985), Romanian painter
• Aurel S. Croissant (born 1969), German political scientist
• Aurél Csertői (born 1965), Hungarian football player and manager
• Aurel Dermek (1925–1989), Slovak mycologist
• Aurél Dessewffy (1808–1842), Hungarian journalist and politician
• Aurél Dessewffy (1846–1928), Hungarian politician
• Aurel Guga (1898–1936), Romanian football player
• Aurel Iancu (born 1928), Romanian economist
• Aurel Jivi (1943–2002), Romanian Orthodox priest
• Aurél von Kelemen (1888–1968), Hungarian tennis player
• Aurel Kolnai (1900–1973), Hungarian philosopher
• Aurel Krause (1848–1908), German geographer
• Aurel Léger (1894–1961), Canadian politician
• Aurel Macarencu (born 1963), Romanian sprint canoer
• Aurel Onciul (1864–1921), ethnic Romanian politician in Bukovina
• Aurel Pantea (born 1952), Romanian poet and literary critic
• Aurel Percă (born 1951), Romanian Catholic bishop
• Aurel Persu (1890–1977), Romanian engineer
• Aurel Popovici (1863–1917), ethnic Romanian Austro-Hungarian lawyer and politician
• Aurel Rău (born 1930), Romanian writer
• Aurel Saulea, Moldovan politician
• Aurel Stein (1862–1943), Hungarian-born British archaeologist
• Aurel Stodola (1859–1942), Slovak engineer, physicist, and inventor
• Aurél Stromfeld (1878–1927), Hungarian general
• Aurel Suciu (1853–1898), ethnic Romanian Austro-Hungarian lawyer and political activist
• Aurel Șelaru (1935–2020), Romanian cyclist
• Aurel Ștefan (born 1950), Romanian fencer
• Aurel Șunda (born 1957), Romanian football player and manager
• Aurel Toma (1911–1980), Romanian professional boxer
• Aurel Țicleanu (born 1959), Romanian football player and manager
• Aurel Vaszin (1885–1979), Romanian-American roller coaster designer
• Aurel Vernescu (1939–2008), Romanian sprint canoeist
• Aurel Vlaicu (1882–1913), Romanian aviation pioneer
• Aurel Wintner (1903–1958), Hungarian-American mathematician