I asked about [name]Aurelio[/name] a few days back (in a list), but it’s becoming a stronger possibility, so I’d like to get some more specific thoughts about it. Thus:
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[name]How[/name] would you pronounce [name]Aurelio[/name]?
aw-ray-lee-o OR aw-ree-lee-o OR oh-ray-lee-o OR oh-ree-lee-o OR something else?
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What are your thoughts about this name? What does it bring to mind? Upon hearing the name, would you immediately assume a specific cultural background? What kind of personality would you expect someone with this name to have (if you see names in this way)? Etc?
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What do you think of this name in a sib-set with a brother Rayhan (ray-hawn)(瑞晗)?
(Note for those interested in the Chinese naming process: [name]Aurelio[/name]'s Chinese name would probably be 瑞”- ray leo-(瑞 means something like ‘a good sign’ or ‘propitious’ and ” means ‘flow’ (as in a river’s flow)-- so basically means ‘the flow of a good sign’, whereas Rayhan’s Chinese name means ‘the dawn of a good sign’) they’d share the first character in Chinese, which is a common custom in [name]China[/name] among same-sex siblings)
(Note for tfzol: we discovered a third name that is also quite awesome that if we ended up unexpectedly having a third son at some point would allow us to have another ‘rui’ character… Gratian, ‘rui xin’ or ‘rui shen’ or something like this)
Thanks for the reply tf! I also like [name]Aurelius[/name] quite a lot (maybe more than [name]Aurelio[/name]), but with the Chinese pronunciation of ‘rui liu’ (ray leo) I like the idea of [name]Aurelio[/name] sounding so similar. In general though, I do like …us endings better than …o ending. I’ll have to reflect whether. And I really like the NN of [name]Leo[/name] (especially since that’d end up being him NN in Chinese too), I guess we could still do that with [name]Aurelius[/name], it’s just not quite as direct.
I also quite like Gratian, but I wouldn’t wanna use it right now I think. There’s a young American girl (about 4 years old), who lives very nearby us (same apartment complex) whose name is [name]Grayson[/name], and Gratian sounds so close to her name. Being that their family is one of only a very few foreign families living in this city, I feel it’d be weird to use that name. However, if we (unlikely) did have a third kid, there’d be a big enough age difference between them (if they even remain here, I think they plan to, but you never know) that I’d feel okay about it.
I say something like “Aw-reh-lio” just reading it but I don’t think correcting pronounciation is a difficult thing to do if people get it wrong the first try. I really like it, especially with Rayhan. The nickname [name]Leo[/name] makes it accessible and adorable. I’m a big fan! Good luck 
[name]LOVE[/name] [name]Aurelio[/name]
I pronounce it Aw-reel-ee-o (I’m Australian)
I think of Australian fashion designer [name]Aurelio[/name] Costarella?. I love his dresses. I know he goes by nn [name]Ray[/name] so perhaps that pronunciation is Aw-ray-lee-o
I guess I’d assume Italian origin, because of that association.