Cornelia (name)
Cornelia is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the name Cornelius[1] or Cornelis. Nel, Nelly, Corey, Lia 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.
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Nel, Lia, Nelia, Nelly, Conny, Connie, Nele or Neele |
| Related names | Cornelius or Cornelis |
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
- Cornelia van Cortlandt, the mother of General Philip Schuyler and grandmother of Angelica, and Eliza, 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 (born 1994), Swedish tennis player
- 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 Denz (born 1963), German physicist
- 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 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 F. Maury (1866–1942), American pastel artist
- 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 de Rijck (1653 – 1726), Dutch painter
- 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
- 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
References
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
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