Cornelia (name)
Cornelia is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the name Cornelius [1] or Cornelis. 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. Lia is a short version of the Dutch name.
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 possessing the name include:
- Cornelia Africana, mother of the Gracchi
- Cornelia, 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 Sharpe, American actress and former model
- 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
- Cornelis, the Dutch masculine version of the name
- Cornelius (name), a masculine form of the name
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