Cornelia (name)
Cornelia is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the name Cornelius.[1] Nel or Nelly 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.
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).
People wearing the name include:
- Cornelia Africana, mother of the Gracchi
- Cornelia Cinna minor, first wife of Julius Caesar
- Cornelia, a Christian saint martyred with Anesius
- Cornelia Bürki, Swiss long-distance runner
- Cornelia Druţu, Romanian mathematician
- Cornelia Dumler, German volleyball player
- Cornelia Dahlgren, Swedish singer and songwriter
- Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress
- Cornelia Funke, German children's writer
- Cornelia Parker, British artist
- Cornelia Polit, East German backstroke swimmer
- Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress, humorist, and playwright
- Cornelia van Nijenroode
- Cornelia Tăutu, Romanian composer
- Cornelia Ten Boom, Author and Holocaust Survivor
- Cornelia Toppen
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 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
- Cornelius (name), the masculine form of the name
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