Cornelia

Where Cornelia comes from

From Latin Cornēlia, name of a famous Roman matron, feminine form of the gens name Cornelius; in continental Europe, also a feminine form of the saint's name Cornelius.
— Wiktionary's entry for Cornelia
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Cornelia through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #147 among girls with 94 babies in the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1958
    Cornelia Funke born
    German author
  3. 1985
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,253.
  4. 1992
    Cornelia Jakobs born
    Swedish singer and songwriter
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin in quiet use since the 18th century.
Namesakes
  • Cornelia Funke · German author, born 1958
  • Cornelia Jakobs · Swedish singer and songwriter, born 1992
  • Cornelia Froboess · German actress, born 1943
  • Cornelia Hütter · Austrian alpine skier, born 1992
  • Cornelia Oschkenat · German sprinter and hurdler, born 1961

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.