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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. Conny, Connie, Nele, or Neele are popular German short forms used in their own right. Lia and Corrie are diminutive versions of the Dutch name.
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.
Cornelius is an originally Roman masculine name. Its derivation is uncertain but is suspected to be from the Latin cornu , "horn". [ 1 ] In Ireland it was used as an anglicization of the name Connor .
By the Late Republic, a cognomen, the third of the tria nomina, becomes more important in distinguishing family branches of the main gens.The importance of the cognomen is reflected also in naming practice as it pertains to women, for example Cornelia Sulla, Pompeia Magna, Cornelia Metella.
Cornelia (name), a feminine given name; Cornelia (gens), a Roman family; Places. 425 Cornelia, the asteroid Cornelia, a main-belt asteroid; Italy.
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