Gender | Female |
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Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Nel, Lia, Nelia, Nelly, Conny, Connie |
Related names | Cornelius or Cornelis, Kornelia, Kornélia |
Cornelia is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the name Cornelius [1] or Cornelis. 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.
In ancient Rome, Cornelia was the nomen gentilicium of women born into the gens Cornelia. This gens was widespread and some notable members of it include; Cornelia Africana (mother of the Gracchi brothers), Cornelia (first wife of Julius Caesar) and Cornelia Salonina (Roman empress as the wife of Gallienus).