Cornelia

From Latin Cornēlia, name of a famous Roman matron, feminine form of the gens name Cornelius; in continental Europe, also a feminine form of the saint's name Cornelius.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɔɹˈniliə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɔːˈniːlɪə/
• Hyphenation: Cor‧ne‧lia

Cornelia

1. A female given name from Latin in quiet use since the 18th century.
   • 1592, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, act IV, scene 1:

     Ah! boy ; Cornelia never with more care / Read to her sons, than she hath read to thee / Sweet poetry and Tully's Orator.

• variants and pet forms: Corrie.

• Caroline, Coraline, Creolian, acrolein, caroline, colinear, lonicera

From Middle Dutch cornelia, from Latin Cornelia. The feminine equivalent of Cornelis.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔrˈneː.li.aː/

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• Hyphenation: Cor‧ne‧lia

Cornelia f

1. a female given name

• variants and pet forms: Cor, Corrie, Lia.

From Latin Cornelia.

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Cornelia

1. a female given name

• variants and pet forms: Conni, Connie, Conny, Neele, Nele

From Latin Cornelia, feminine form of Cornelius.

• IPA^(key): /korˈnɛ.lja/
• Rhymes: -ɛlja
• Hyphenation: Cor‧nè‧lia

Cornelia f

1. a female given name

• Ercolani, Naclerio, caorline, ciarlone, clonerai, colerina, corneali, creolina, ercolina, lacerino, olecrani

From Cornēlius.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔrˈneː.li.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [korˈnɛː.li.a]

Cornēlia f (genitive Cornēliae, masculine Cornēlius); first declension

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A feminine praenomen.

First-declension noun.

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Cornelia f (male equivalent Corneliu)

1. a female given name

From Latin Cornelia. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1651.

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Cornelia c (genitive Cornelias)

1. a female given name

• Caroline