Cornelia is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the name Cornelius or

Cornelis Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis. Cornelis (Kees) and Johannes (Jan) used to be the most common given ...

. Nel, Nele, Nelly, Corey, Lia, or Nelia can be used as a shortened version of Cornelia (or Helen or

Eleanor Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It is the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. The name was introd ...

). 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 In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–50 ...

, ''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) The gens Cornelia was one of the greatest patrician houses at ancient Rome. For more than seven hundred years, from the early decades of the Republic to the third century AD, the Cornelii produced more eminent statesmen and generals than any ot ...

. It is the alternate spelling of Kornelia, Korneliya, and Cornélia.

Historical women with the name

Cornelia Africana Cornelia (c. 190s – c. 115 BC) was the second daughter of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, a Roman general prominent in the Second Punic War, and Aemilia Paulla. Although drawing similarities to prototypical examples of virtuous Roman women, ...

, mother of the

Gracchi The Gracchi brothers were two Roman brothers, sons of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus who was consul in 177 BC. Tiberius, the elder brother, was tribune of the plebs in 133 BC and Gaius, the younger brother, was tribune a decade later in ...

* Cornelia, first wife of Julius Caesar *Cornelia, a Christian saint martyred with

Anesius Anesius is one of several Christian martyrs in Africa commemorated as saints on March 31. The ''Martyrologium Romanum'' mentions Anesius, Theodulus, and Cornelia. All mentioned saints were canonized pre-congregation. Other sources, including ''Comm ...

Cornelia Metella Cornelia Metella ( 73 BC – after 48 BC) was the daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica (who was a consul in 52 BC and originally from the gens Cornelia). She appears in numerous literary sources, including an official dedicat ...

( 73 BCE – 48 BCE), daughter of Metellus Scipio *

Cornelia Salonina Publica 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 Julia Cornelia Salonina's origin is unknown ...

(died 268), wife of Roman Emperor Gallienus * Cornelia van Cortlandt, the mother of

General Philip Schuyler Philip John Schuyler (; November 18, 1804) was an American general in the Revolutionary War and a United States Senator from New York. He is usually known as Philip Schuyler, while his son is usually known as Philip J. Schuyler. Born in Alba ...

and grandmother of

Angelica ''Angelica'' is a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far north as Iceland, Lapland, and Greenland. They grow t ...

, and

Eliza ELIZA is an early natural language processing computer program created from 1964 to 1966 at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory by Joseph Weizenbaum. Created to demonstrate the superficiality of communication between humans and machines ...

, 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 Cornelia Lister (born 26 May 1994) is a former Swedish tennis player. She has won one singles title and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 May 2018, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 383. On 3 February 202 ...

(born 1994), Swedish tennis player *

Cornelia Bargmann Cornelia Isabella "Cori" Bargmann (born January 1, 1961) is an American neurobiologist. She is known for her work on the genetic and neural circuit mechanisms of behavior using ''C. elegans'', particularly the mechanisms of olfaction in the worm. ...

(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 Cornelia Bürki (born 3 October 1953) is a South African-born retired long-distance runner who represented Switzerland in three consecutive Olympic Games, starting in 1980, with her best result being fifth in the 1984 3000 metres final. She is ...

(born 1953), Swiss long-distance runner * Cornelia Brandolini d'Adda (born 1979), Italian fashion director *

Cornelia Clapp Cornelia Maria Clapp (March 17, 1849 – December 31, 1934) was an American zoologist and educator, specializing in marine biology. She earned the first Ph.D. in biology awarded to a woman in the United States from Syracuse University in 1889, a ...

(1849–1934), American zoologist and marine biologist *

Cornelia Denz Cornelia Denz (born 23 May 1963) is a German Professor of Physics at the University of Münster. She works in nonlinear optics and nanophotonics, and is a Fellow of The Optical Society and The European Optical Society. Denz is the current pres ...

(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 Cornelia Emilian (; 1840–1910) was an Imperial Austrian-born Romanian journalist and women's rights activist. She was born in Zlatna, in the Principality of Transylvania, to a noble family.Ionela Băluță, "Apariția femeii ca actor social - a ...

(1840-1910), Romanian women's activist *

Cornelia Frances Cornelia Frances Zulver, OAM (7 April 1941 – 28 May 2018), credited professionally as Cornelia Frances, was an English-Australian actress. After starting her career in small cameos in films in her native England, she became best known for her ...

(1941-2018), English-Australian actress * Cornelia Froboess (born 1943), German actress and singer *

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 illustrator. She began writing novels in the late 1 ...

(born 1958), German children's writer *

Cornelia Deaderick Glenn Cornelia Deaderick Glenn (September 4, 1854 – December 9, 1926) was an American society hostess and temperance activist who, as the wife of Robert Broadnax Glenn, served as First Lady of North Carolina from 1905 to 1909. She was involved in the ...

(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 Cornelia "Conny" Hütter (born 29 October 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Graz, Styria, Hütter made her World Cup debut in November 2011 in Lake Louise, Canada. She attained her first World Cup podium in December ...

(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 Cornelia Field Maury (1866–1942) was an American artist, known for her portraits of children. Maury often worked in pastels. She was based in St. Louis, Missouri. About Cornelia Field Maury was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1866. Her fam ...

(1866–1942), American pastel artist *

Cornelia van Marle Cornelia van Marle (1661–1698), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography She was born in Zwolle as the daughter of the beer brewer Herman van Marle and his wife Lamberta Holt. After her father died her mother married another brewer, Geurt ...

(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 Cornelia Oschkenat, (née Riefstahl; born 29 October 1961) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany. She competed at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. At the 1987 World Championships in Rome, she won a bronze meda ...

(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.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 Cornelia Friederica Christiana Schlosser (née Goethe; 7 December 1750 – 8 June 1777) was the sister and only sibling of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who survived to adulthood. Life Cornelia Goethe, 15 months younger than her brother Johann Wo ...

(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 the only child of actor Otis Skinner and actress Maud Durbin. After attending the all-girls' Baldwin School and Bryn Mawr College (1 ...

(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) is a form of new media art distributed via the Internet. This form of art circumvents the traditional dominance of the ph ...

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, methodology or community. The term was coined in the early 1990s to describe the wo ...

* Cornelia Laws St. John (died 1902), American poet *

Cornelia Strong Cornelia Strong (1877 – June 3, 1955) was an American academic, astronomer, and mathematician. She was a professor at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, where she taught mathematics and astronomy, from 1905 to 1948. Strong ...

(1877–1955), American mathematician and astronomer *

Cornelia Tăutu Cornelia Tăutu (10 March 1938 – 24 March 2019) was a Romanian composer best known for film soundtracks. Works Tăutu has written works including: *''Divertisment folcloric'' *''Coralia'' for children's chorus and orchestra *''Rota'' for cham ...

(1938–2019), Romanian composer * Cornelia Toppen (1730–1800), Dutch Orangist and the instigator of the 1784 riots of Rotterdam *

Cornelia van der Veer Cornelia van der Veer (born Amsterdam, 30 August 1639 - buried there 18 October 1704) was a Dutch poet. Along with Catharina Questiers and Katharyne Lescailje she was the most successful female Dutch poet of the second half of the 17th century. ...

(1639–?), Dutch poet * W. Cornelia "Cornélie" van Zanten (1855–1946), Dutch opera singer, singing teacher and author

Fictional characters

Cornelia Hale The following is a list of characters in the '' W.I.T.C.H.'' comics. The series revolves around five teenage girls who possess magical powers over the first five elements of nature and are revealed to be the second generation of Guardians of the ...

, 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 ''Sunes Summer'' ( sv, Sunes sommar) is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1993, directed by Stephan Apelgren. It is based on the chapter book with the same name, the eighth in the book series about Sune, ...

Historical women with the name

Modern women with the name

Fictional characters

References

See also