Cornel

Where Cornel comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Cornel.

Cornel through the years
  1. 1919
    First appearance
    #4,168 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1947
    Peak, #906
    59 babies named Cornel, the most in any year.
  3. 1948
    Cornel Dinu born
    Romanian footballer
  4. 1953
    Cornel West born
    American philosopher, political activist and writer
  5. 1954
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,956.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Cornel West · American philosopher, political activist and writer, born 1953
  • Cornel Dinu · Romanian footballer, born 1948
  • Cornel Penu · Romanian handball player, born 1946
  • Cornel Durău · Romanian handball player, born 1957
  • Cornel Țăranu · Romanien composer and conductor, 1934–2023

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.