Cornelia (given name)

Cornelia

Gender	Female
Other names
Variant form(s)	Nel, Lia, Nelia, Nelly, Conny, Connie, Nele or Neele
Related names	Cornelius or Cornelis

Cornelia is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the name Cornelius or Cornelis. Nel, Nelly, 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 is a short version 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).

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 BC–aft.48 BC), daughter of Metellus Scipio
• Cornelia Salonina (died 268), wife of Roman Emperor Gallienus

Modern women with the name

• 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 Hubertina "Neel" Doff (1858–1942), Dutch-Belgian writer
• 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 Funke (born 1958), German children's writer
• Cornelia Nycke Groot (born 1988), Dutch handball player
• Cornelia Hanisch (born 1952), German fencer
• 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 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 Scheffer (1769–1839), Dutch painter and portrait miniaturist
• Cornelia Schlosser (1750–1777), sister of Johann von Goethe
• Cornelia Otis Skinner (1899–1979), American actress, humorist, and playwright
• Cornelia Tăutu (born 1938), Romanian composer
• Cornelia Toppen (1730–1800), Dutch Orangist and the instigator of the 1784 riots of Rotterdam
• Cornelia van der Veer (1639–?), Dutch poet
• Cornelia Lyman Warren (1857 - 1921), American philanthropist
• 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 TV-series
• 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

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