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 [ 3 syll. cor-ne-lia, co-rnel-ia ] The girl name Cornelia is pronounced KaoRNIYLYah KEY. Cornelia is of Latin origin. It is used mainly in Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Romanian. The name Cornelia means 'war horn'. Derived from cornu which means 'horn' ; belli which means 'war'. The name developed as a Latin feminine version of the old Roman surname Cornelius. The name was often bestowed in honor of the Roman matron Cornelia Africana (190BC-100BC), the mother of the famed revolutionary statesmen Caius and Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, who was regarded as the perfect example of the virtuous Roman woman. The name was first adopted by English speakers in the 19th century. Cornelia is the feminine version of the Dutch, English, and German Cornelius. Cornelia has 31 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Cornela, Cornella, Cornelle, Cornie, Melia (used in Spanish as well), Nell, and Nelly. Other English variants include the short form Nelli (used in German as well), and the pet forms Neely (used in Dutch and as well), Nella, Nellie, and Nila. Forms of Cornelia used in foreign languages include the French Cornelie, the French Cornélie, the Scandinavian Kornelis, the Polish Kornelja, and the Hungarian Kornélia. Specific foreign forms include the short forms Cor (Dutch), Cora (German), Cornell (German), Nele (German), and Nelia (German and Spanish), the pet forms Cokkie (Dutch), Connie (German), Conny (German), Neel (Dutch), Neeltje (Dutch), Nel (Dutch), Nela (Czech and Spanish), and Nelleke (Dutch), and the spelling variant Kornelia (Czech, German, and Polish). Cornelia is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1902, 0.064% of baby girls were named Cornelia. It had a ranking of #225 then. The baby name has markedly dropped in popularity since then, and is currently of only sporadic use. Out of all girl names in its family, Cornelia was nevertheless the most commonly used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Cornelia include the English Carmalla, the Italian and Spanish Carmela, the English Carmeli, the English Carmella, the English Carmiel, the English Carmilla, the Hebrew Carniela, the English Cornela, the French Cornelie, the English Cornella, the French Cornélie, the English Karmela, the English Karmeli, the English Karmiel, the Hebrew Karniela, the Polish Kornelja, the English and Hebrew Carmel, the Spanish Carmelia, the English Carmill, and the Hebrew Carniella. KEY: Pronunciation for Cornelia: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
