Cornell

British from Latin, or Anglicized form of French

"corner or crow"

Cornell Origin and Meaning

The name Cornell is a boy's name meaning "corner or crow".

This name has not one but two impressive cultural connections: collage artist Joseph Cornell and photographer Cornell Capa--not to mention Cornell University.

Cornell Rank in US Top 1000

# 961 in the US

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Famous People Named Cornell

• Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. aka Nelly American rapper
• Cornell George Hopley Woolrich, American crime novelist
• Cornell Luther Dupree American jazz and R&B guitarist
• Cornell Belcher American political commentator
• Cornell Capa Hungarian,American photographer
• Ezra Cornell American founder of Cornell University
• Eric Allin Cornell winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
• Chris Cornell lead singer for American rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave

The name Cornell in Pop Culture

• Cornell University Ivy League college in Ithaca, New York
• Cornell notes a popular note,taking system
• Cornell Scipio character from TV series "Alphas"