Cornelia is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the name
Cornelius or
Cornelis
Cornelis is a Dutch language, Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius (name), Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees (given name), Kees, Neel and Nelis.
Cornelis (Kees) an ...
. Nel, Nele, Nelly, Corey, Cornie, Lia, or Nelia can be used as a shortened version of Cornelia. Conny, Connie, Nele, or Neele are popular German short forms used in their own right. Lia and Corrie are diminutive versions of the Dutch name.
It also has the alternate spellings of
Kornelia,
Korneliya, and Cornélia.
Origin
In
ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Em ...
, Cornelia was the ''
nomen gentilicium
The (; or simply ) was a hereditary name borne by the peoples of Roman Italy and later by the citizens of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. It was originally the name of one's (family or clan) by Patrilineality, patrilineal descent. Howeve ...
'' of women born into the
gens Cornelia. This
gens
In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; : gentes ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same ''nomen gentilicium'' and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens, sometimes identified by a distinct cognomen, was cal ...
was widespread and some notable members of it include;
Cornelia Africana (mother of the
Gracchi brothers),
Cornelia (first wife of
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...
) and
Cornelia Salonina
Publia Licinia Julia Cornelia Salonina (died 268, Mediolanum) was an '' Augusta'' of the Roman Empire, married to Roman Emperor Gallienus and mother of Valerian II, Saloninus, and Marinianus.
Life
Salonina's origin is unknown. One modern t ...
(
Roman empress
The term Roman empress usually refers to the consorts of the Roman emperors, the rulers of the Roman Empire. The duties, power and influence of empresses varied depending on the time period, contemporary politics and the personalities of their hu ...
as the wife of
Gallienus
Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (; – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268. He ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century that nearly caused the collapse of the empire. He ...
).
Women with the name
*
Cornelia van Cortlandt, the mother of
General Philip Schuyler and grandmother of
Angelica
''Angelica'' is a genus of about 90 species of tall Biennial plant, biennial and Perennial plant, perennial herbaceous, herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far north as ...
, and
Eliza
ELIZA is an early natural language processing computer program developed from 1964 to 1967 at MIT by Joseph Weizenbaum. Created to explore communication between humans and machines, ELIZA simulated conversation by using a pattern matching and ...
, the wife of
General Alexander Hamilton, 1st Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, as well as others
*
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 Bouhon (1757–1823), Dutch actress, singer, dancer
*
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 Druțu, Romanian mathematician
*
Cornelia Dumler (born 1982), German volleyball player
*
Cornelia Ecker (born 1976), Austrian politician
*
Cornelia Elgood (1874–1960), British physician
*
Cornelia Emilian (1840–1910), Romanian women's activist
*
Cornelia Keeble Ewing (1898–1973), American clubwoman
*
Cornelia Fabri (1869–1915), Italian mathematician
*
Cornelia Frances (1941–2018), English-Australian actress
*
Cornelia Froboess (born 1943), German actress and singer
*
Cornelia Füeg (born 1941), Swiss politician
*
Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Maria Funke (; born 10 December 1958) is a German author of children's fiction. Born in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, she began her career as a social worker before becoming a Book illustration, book illustrator. She began writing no ...
(born 1958), German children's writer
*
Cornelia Ghijben (1733–1790), Dutch actress and singer
*
Cornelia Gillyard (born 1941), American chair of Spellman chemistry department
*
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 Hermina van Harreveld-Lakov (1883–1945), Dutch botanist
*
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 Lister (born 1994), Swedish tennis player
*
Cornelia van Marle (1661–1699), Dutch painter
*
Cornelia F. Maury (1866–1942), American pastel artist
*
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 Alice Norris (1857–1935), American socialite and genealogist
*
Cornelia "Keetie" van Oosten-Hage (born 1949), Dutch cyclist
*
Cornelia Oschkenat (born 1961), East German hurdler
*
Cornelia Parker
Cornelia Ann Parker (born 14 July 1956) is an English visual artist, best known for her sculpture and installation art.
Life and career
Parker was born in 1956 in Cheshire, England. She studied at the Gloucestershire College of Art and Design ...
(born 1956), British artist
*
Cornelia Polit (born 1963), East German backstroke swimmer
*
Cornelia "Conny" Pröll (born 1961), Austrian alpine skier
*
Cornelia Holroyd Bradley Richards (1899–1892), American author
*
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
Cornelia Otis Skinner (May 30, 1899 – July 9, 1979) was an American writer and actress.
Biography
Skinner was born on 30 May 1899 in Chicago, Illinois as the only child of actor Otis Skinner and actress Maud Durbin. After attending the all-gi ...
(1899–1979), American actress, humorist, and playwright
*
Cornelia Sollfrank (born 1960), German digital artist and early pioneer of
Net Art
upright=1.3, "Simple Net Art Diagram", a 1997 work by Michael Sarff and Tim Whidden
Internet art (also known as net art or web art) is a form of new media art distributed via the Internet. This form of art circumvents the traditional dominance o ...
and
cyberfeminism
Cyberfeminism is a feminist approach which foregrounds the relationship between cyberspace, the Internet, and technology. It can be used to refer to a philosophy, art practices, methodologies or community. The term was coined in the early 1990s to ...
*
Cornelia Laws St. John (died 1902), American poet
*
Cornelia Ștefănescu (1928–2010), Romanian literary critic and historian
*
Cornelia Branch Stone (1840–1925), president-general,
United Daughters of the Confederacy; president,
Texas Woman's Press Association
*
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
*
Cornelia Jakobs (born 1992) Swedish singer
*
Fictional characters
*
Cornelia Hale, the Guardian of Earth in the ''
W.I.T.C.H.'' comics and
TV series
A television show, TV program (), or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, and cable, or distributed digitally on streaming platf ...
*
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''
*Cornelia Arnim, a royal mage and a major antagonist in ''
Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' and ''
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes''
*Cornelia Elliot née Bryant, a fictional character in the book series ''
Anne of Green Gables
''Anne of Green Gables'' is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a classic children's novel since the mid-20th century. Set in the late 19th century, t ...
''
See also
*
Cornelia (disambiguation), for other uses of Cornelia
References
{{given name
Dutch feminine given names
German feminine given names
Latin feminine given names
Romanian feminine given names