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Cornelius

OriginLatin
Meaning"horn"
GenderBoy

About Cornelius

Variation of Cornel

3 syllables.

As of September 2026, Cornelius ranked #1908 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #130 in 1882, Nameberry popularity #537.

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Famous Corneliuss

  • Saint Cornelius the Centurion

    first Gentile to convert to Christianity

  • Saint Cornelius

    Archbishop of Armagh

  • Cornelius Vanderbilt

    American industrialist

  • Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase

    American actor/comedian

  • Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy I

    IV aka Connie Mack, American baseball players and politicians

  • Cornelius Nepos

    ancient Roman biographer

  • Cornelius Castoriadis

    Greek,French philosopher

  • Cornelius Ingram

    American football player

  • Cornelius Coward

    English cricketer

  • Cornelius Packard "Dusty" Rhoads

    American pathologist and oncologist

  • Cornelius "Neil" Casey

    Irish,American footballer

  • Christopher Cornelius "Kit" Culkin

    American actor and father of Macaulay Culkin

  • Cornelius Elven (1797

    1873), hymnist

  • Anton Cornelius "Neels" Visser

    instagram star

Cornelius in pop culture

  • Yukon Cornelius

    character in animated special "Rudolph, the Red,Nosed Reindeer"

  • Cornelius "Cory" Matthews

    main character on TV's "Boy Meets World"

  • Cornelius Hickey

    character in book and TV series "The Terror"

  • Kornelius "Kojo" Jonesworth

    character on TV's Zeke and Luther"

  • Cornelius Fudge

    former Minister of Magic from "Harry Potter" series

  • Cornelius

    the fairy prince in the 1994 animated film "Thumbelina"

  • Publius Cornelius Dolabella

    character in Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra"

  • Cornelius "Neeley" Nolan

    character in Betty Smith's novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"

  • Cornelius

    the narrator in Chuck Palahniuk's novel "Fight Club"

  • Cornelius

    character in the Planet of the Apes film series

  • Cornelius

    an old elephant counsellor, from the Babar the Elephant series

  • Cornelius Coot

    character in the Scrooge McDuck universe

  • Cornelius Fillmore

    character in the animated series Fillmore!

  • Gibby Cornelius Gibson

    character on TV's iCarly

  • Cornelius Hackl

    character in The Matchmaker and musical Hello, Dolly!

  • Lewis "Cornelius" Robinson

    character in Disney's "Meet the Robinsons"

  • Cornelius Stirk

    character in DC Comics

  • Cornelius Austerlin

    the stepdad in Lene Kaaberbøl's Katriona series

Variations & nicknames

  • KrelisDutch
  • KornelCzech
  • KorneliuszPolish
  • CorneilleFrench
  • CornelioSpanish
  • CornelisDutch
  • KeesDutch

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