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What does Cordelia mean?
Cordelia as a girls' 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).
STARTS WITH Cor-
Variations
VARIANTS Cordelie, Cordella, Cordelle, Cordey, Cordi, Cordia, Cordie▼, Cordy, Creiddylad, Delia▼, Delie, Della▼, Kodelia, Kordelia, Kordella, Kordelle
RELATED FORMS VIA CORDULA Cordulla, Kordula, Kordulla
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Cordelia Kailynn (C.K.), ..
How popular is Cordelia?
Cordelia is a very prominent first name for females (#1327 out of 4276, Top 31%) but an unusual last name for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Cordelia was first listed in 1880-1889 and reached its apex position of #264 in the U.S. then, and is at #1039 currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Della (#861 VIA LATEST LIST), Delia (#1397), Cordella, Cordia and Cordie are the popular variation forms of Cordelia (#1039). These relations of Cordelia were popular as baby names 138 years ago (MEDIAN #538) and are now much less common (#1549, ▼93%).
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Arcelia, Ardelia, Ardelis, Ardella, Ardenia, Argelia, Audelia, Aurelia▲, Bedelia, Cacelia, Camelia, Cammelia (see Camellia), Caralia, Carlia, Carmela▼, Carmeli, Carmelia, Carmella▼, Carmellia, Cecelia▼, Celia▼, Cerelia, Cerella, Clelia, Cloelia, Corabella, Coralia, Coralie, Coralina, Corallina, Cordis, Cordni, Coreana (see Corinna), Corelie, Corena, Coretta, Corilla, Corlie, Cornalia (see Cornelia), Corneelija (see Cornelia), Cornela, Cornelia▼, Cornelija, Cornella, Cornelle, Cornelya (see Cornelia), Correena, Correlle, Correna, Correnda, Corretta, Corveena, Crecia, Doralia, Dorelia, Fidelia, Gardenia, Gormelia, Jordena, Jorgelina, Korella, Korneelia, Kornelia, Kornelija, Lorenia, Lorrella, Morela, Morella, Odelia, Orelia, Parmelia, Permelia, Romelia, Sarelia and Udelia (see Odele). These names tend to be less commonly used than Cordelia.
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