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
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #147 among girls with 94 babies — 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.