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What does Cornelius mean?
Cornelius ▼ as a boys' name is pronounced kor-NEEL-yus. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Cornelius is "horn". From "cornu". A famous Latin clan name, often used under the Roman Empire. Biblical: Cornelius was a Roman centurion who was baptized by Peter. Also the name of a third-century pope who is venerated as a saint. Railroad millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt.
ASSOCIATED WITH famous, clan (surname), roman, empire (king), biblical, saint
Variations
VARIANTS Con, Connie▼, Cornall, Cornel, Corneille, Cornelio, Cornelious, Cornell, Cornelus, Corney, Cornilius, Kornelious, Kornelis, Kornelius, Neal▼, Neel, Neil▼, Neely
SEE ALSO Kornel
FEMININE FORM Cornelia
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Cornelius Phoenix (C.P.), ..
How popular is Cornelius?
Cornelius is a very prominent first name for males (#461 out of 1220, Top 38%) and also a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#1699 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Cornelius reached its highest rank of #148 in the U.S. in the 1880s, and is at #1696 currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular varying forms of Cornelius (#1696 IN RECENT RANKINGS) are Neil (#626), Neal (#1609), Neel (#1777), Con, Connie, Cornel, Cornelious, Cornell and Neely. Adoption of these relations of Cornelius reached its highest during 1930-1939 (ADOPTION OF 0.18%) and has become much less since (ADOPTION 0.04%, 77.9% LESS), with forms like Connie becoming somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Cornelius▼ is alike in pronunciation to Kornelisz. Other recommended sound-alike names are Arcelius, Aricelius, Arkelaus, Arsenius, Aurelius, Barnebus, Bazeelius, Carmeli, Carnell, Carnelle, Carolus, Cecilius, Celsius, Celsus, Cokelie (see Coakley), Colis, Collins, Collis, Conlin, Connell, Cordell▼, Cordelle, Corless, Corliss, Cornwallis, Cortes, Coryell, Cyrillus, Delius, Ernestus, Honorius (see Honore), Horatius, Marcellus, Parmenius (see Parmenio) and Pontius. These names tend to be less commonly used than Cornelius.
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