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Cordelia meaning and name origin

Cordelia \c(o)-rde-lia, cor-delia\ as a girl's name is pronounced kor-DEEL-yah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Cordelia is "heart". Probably from Cordula. Literary: in "King Lear" (1605), Shakespeare portrays Cordelia as a lovable, virtuous woman of rare honesty. He may have adopted the name from Cordeilla, the form used in his source, "Holinshed's Chronicles" (1577).

Cordelia has 16 variant forms: Cordelie, Cordella, Cordelle, Cordey, Cordi, Cordia, Cordie, Cordy, Creiddylad, Delia, Delie, Della, Kodelia, Kordelia, Kordella and Kordelle.

Baby names that sound like Cordelia are Cordulla, Kordulla and Kordula.

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Popularity of Cordelia

Cordelia is a very popular first name for women (#1327 out of 4276) but an uncommon surname or last name for all people. (1990 U.S. Census)

Displayed below is the baby names popularity of the name Cordelia for girls. (2010 statistics) Compare Cordelia with its variant forms and related girl baby names.
Popularity of name Cordelia
Popularity of Cordelia



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