Cordelia

Where Cordelia comes from

Shakespeare's spelling of a historical British name appearing as Cordeilla, etc., possibly derived from the Latin saint's name Cordula.
— Wiktionary's entry for Cordelia
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #204 among girls with 58 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1929
    Cordelia Edvardson born
    German-born Swedish journalist, author and Holocaust survivor
  3. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,683.
  4. 1975
    Cordelia Fine born
    Canadian-born British psychologist and writer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Cordelia Edvardson · German-born Swedish journalist, author and Holocaust survivor, 1929–2012
  • Cordelia Fine · Canadian-born British psychologist and writer, born 1975
  • Cordelia Agbebaku · Vice Chancellor in Nigeria, 1961–2017
  • Cordelia Wilson · artist, 1873–1953
  • Cordelia A. Greene · American physician, health reformer, benefactor, suffragist, 1831–1905

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.