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