Girl · Latin
Cornelia
Say it: kor-NEEL-yuh
Meaning
Feminine of Cornelius, a Roman family name of uncertain origin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Admired as the model Roman mother; used in the Netherlands, Germany and 19th-century America.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 21,876 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1883, about 1 in 968 girls
- 35 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Dutch | Cornelia |
|---|---|
| Italian | Cornelia |
| Romanian | Cornelia |
| Hungarian | Kornélia |
| Polish | Kornelia |
Famous bearers
- Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Parish baptism registers
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.