Cornelia (given name)
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Nel, Lia, Nelia, Nelly, Conny, Connie |
| Related names | Cornelius or Cornelis |
Cornelia is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the name Cornelius[1] or Cornelis. Nel, Nele, Nelly, Corey, Lia, or Nelia can be used as a shortened version of Cornelia (or Helen or Eleanor). Conny, Connie, Nele, or Neele are popular German short forms used in their own right. Lia and Cokkie are diminutive versions of the Dutch name.
In Ancient Rome, Cornelia was the name of the women born in all the branches of the Cornelii family. For a list of the notable Roman women, see: Cornelia (gens).
It is the alternate spelling of Kornelia, Korneliya, and Cornélia.
Historical women with the name
- Cornelia Africana, mother of the Gracchi
- Cornelia, first wife of Julius Caesar
- Cornelia, a Christian saint martyred with Anesius
- Cornelia Metella (c. 73 BCE – c. 48 BCE), daughter of Metellus Scipio
- Cornelia Salonina (died 268), wife of Roman Emperor Gallienus
- Cornelia van Cortlandt, the mother of General Philip Schuyler and grandmother of Angelica, and Eliza, the wife of General Alexander Hamilton, 1st Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, as well as others.
Modern women with the name
- Cornelia Lister (born 1994), Swedish tennis player
- Cornelia Bargmann (born 1961), American neurobiologist
- Cornelia "Conny" van Bentum (born 1965), Dutch swimmer
- Cornelia "Corrie" ten Boom (1892–1983), Dutch World War II resistance member
- Cornelia "Kea" Bouman (1903–1998), Dutch tennis player
- Cornelia Bürki (born 1953), Swiss long-distance runner
- Cornelia Brandolini d'Adda (born 1979), Italian fashion director
- Cornelia Clapp (1849–1934), American zoologist and marine biologist
- Cornelia Denz (born 1963), German physicist
- Cornelia Hubertina "Neel" Doff (1858–1942), Dutch-Belgian writer
- Cornelia Dow (1842–1905), American philanthropist, temperance activist
- Cornelia Druţu, Romanian mathematician
- Cornelia Dumler (born 1982), German volleyball player
- Cornelia Elgood (1874 – 1960), British physician
- Cornelia Emilian (1840-1910), Romanian women's activist
- Cornelia Frances (1941-2018), English-Australian actress
- Cornelia Froboess (born 1943), German actress and singer
- Cornelia Funke (born 1958), German children's writer
- Cornelia Deaderick Glenn (1854–1926), First Lady of North Carolina
- Cornelia Nycke Groot (born 1988), Dutch handball player
- Cornelia Hanisch (born 1952), German fencer
- Cornelia Collins Hussey (1827–1902), American philanthropist, writer
- Cornelia Hütter (born 1992), Austrian alpine skier
- Cornelia Jane Matthews Jordan (1830–1898), American poet, lyricist
- Cornelia "Corrie" Laddé (1915–1996), Dutch swimmer
- Cornelia Catharina de Lange (1871–1950), Dutch pediatrician
- Cornelia F. Maury (1866–1942), American pastel artist
- Cornelia van Marle (1661–1699), Dutch painter
- Cornelia van Meijgaard (1913–2010), Dutch actress, singer, and cabaretière known as "Conny Stuart"
- Cornelia van der Mijn (1709–1782), Dutch lower painter
- Cornelia "Cora" van Nieuwenhuizen (born 1963), Dutch politician, MEP
- Cornelia van Nijenroode (1629–c.1692), Dutch merchant in the Dutch East Indies
- Cornelia "Keetie" van Oosten-Hage (born 1949), Dutch cyclist
- Cornelia Oschkenat (born 1961), East German hurdler
- Cornelia Parker (born 1956), British artist
- Cornelia Polit (born 1963), East German backstroke swimmer
- Cornelia "Conny" Pröll (born 1961), Austrian alpine skier
- Cornelia de Rijck (1653–1726), Dutch painter
- Cornelia Scheffer (1769–1839), Dutch painter and portrait miniaturist
- Cornélia Scheffer (1830-1899), French designer and sculptor, grand-daughter of the former
- Cornelia Schlosser (1750–1777), sister of Johann von Goethe
- Cornelia Otis Skinner (1899–1979), American actress, humorist, and playwright
- Cornelia Sollfrank (born 1960), German digital artist and early pioneer of Net Art and cyberfeminism
- Cornelia Laws St. John (died 1902), American poet
- Cornelia Strong (1877–1955), American mathematician and astronomer
- Cornelia Tăutu (1938–2019), Romanian composer
- Cornelia Toppen (1730–1800), Dutch Orangist and the instigator of the 1784 riots of Rotterdam
- Cornelia van der Veer (1639–?), Dutch poet
- W. Cornelia "Cornélie" van Zanten (1855–1946), Dutch opera singer, singing teacher and author
Fictional characters
- Cornelia Hale, the Guardian of Earth in the W.i.t.c.h. comics and cancelled TV series; third member of the second generation of Guardians of the Veil
- Blair Cornelia Waldorf, a fictional character in the TV-series Gossip Girl
- Cornelia li Britannia, a fictional character in the anime series Code Geass
- Cornelia, fictional character from the book and film Sune's Summer
References
- ^ "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Cornelia". Archived from the original on 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
See also
- Cornelia (disambiguation), for other meanings of Cornelia
- Cornelia (gens), for a list of the notable Roman women in the Cornelii family
- Cornelis, the Dutch masculine version of the name
- Cornelius (name), a masculine form of the name
- Kornelia, a similarly spelled and pronounced name
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