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Cornelia is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the name Cornelius [ 1 ] or Cornelis . Nel, Nele, Nelly, Corey, Cornie, Lia, or Nelia can be used as a shortened version of Cornelia.
Lucius Cornelius Alexander Polyhistor, a freedman of Greek origin, was a scholar, tutor, and writer on history and geography during the first half of the first century BC. Gaius Cornelius, a quaestor serving under Pompeius, was tribune of the plebs in 67 BC. Publius Cornelius, tribune of the plebs in 51 BC. [231]
Later in history, Marcus Fabius Quintilian (ca. 35- ca. 100) would reassert Atticus's view of Cornelia's letters when he said "we have heard that their mother Cornelia had contributed greatly to the eloquence of the Gracchi, a woman whose extremely learned speech also has been handed down to future generations in her letters" (Inst. Orat. 1.1.6 ...
Cornelia, Missouri, an unincorporated community Cornelia, Wisconsin , an unincorporated community Cornelia Street, a street in Greenwich Village , Manhattan, New York City
The name could also derive from the latin gens Cornelia, one of the most famous tribe in ancient republican Roma, to whom Publio Cornelio Scipio (the winner of Annibale - Hannibal) and other belonged. The gens Cornelia gave the highest number of consolates during the ancient Roman republic. The name survives in Italy as Corneli or Cornelli.
Cornelia is a city in Habersham County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,160 at the 2010 census, [ 6 ] up from 3,674 at the 2000 census. It is home to one of the world's largest apple sculptures , which is displayed on top of an obelisk-shaped monument.
Cornelius (musician), stage name of Japanese recording artist and producer Keigo Oyamada Corneille (singer), stage name of Cornelius Nyungura, German-born Québécois rhythm and blues singer
Cornelis (Kees) and Johannes (Jan) used to be the most common given names in the Low Countries, and the origin of the term Yankees is commonly thought to derive from the term Jan-Kees for the Dutch settlers in New Netherland. [4] [5] Among the notable persons named Cornelis are: Cornelis Engebrechtsz (c. 1462 – 1527), painter from Leiden