Meanings
- A male given name from Latin.
The intern will not call me 'Cornelius―(in fact, that dowdy old name isn't my actual name nor, at the present time, my nom de guerre)―but 'Dr. Hinton*―or 'sir'―will do.
2014, Joyce Carol Oates, Carthage, Fourth Estate, →ISBN, page 2131 more example
There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 10:1-2
Origin
- LatinCornēlius
- LatinCornēlius
- EnglishCornelius
Borrowed from Latin Cornēlius.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch Cornelis
- Cornelismale given name
Esperanto Kornelio
- Korneliomale given name
French Corneille
- Corneillemale given name
Hungarian Kornél, Soma
- Kornélmale given name
- Somamale given name
Italian Cornelio
- Corneliomale given name
Latin Cornelius
- Corneliusmale given name
Norwegian Kornelius
- Korneliusmale given name
Polish Korneliusz, Kornel
- Korneliuszmale given name
- Kornelmale given name
Portuguese Cornélio
- Cornéliomale given name
Romanian Corneliu, Cornel
- Corneliumale given name
- Cornelmale given name
Russian Корнéлий, Корнéй
- Корнéлий (Kornélij)male given name
- Корнéй (Kornéj)male given name
Spanish Cornelio
- Corneliomale given name
Tagalog Cornelio
- Corneliomale given name
Ukrainian Корни́лій
- Корни́лій (Kornýlij)male given name
Vietnamese Côrnêliô
- Côrnêliômale given name
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Cite this entry
Cornelius. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cornelius
“Cornelius.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cornelius. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cornelius,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cornelius.
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