Forename Cornelius

Around the globe, Cornelius (Cornelius , Корнелий , Корнелиус ) is a common masculine first name. The first name Cornelius is characteristic of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, where it is quite a common male name, South Africa, and Saint Lucia (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is commonest in South Africa, the United States, and Nigeria. Also, Cornelius is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Cornelius is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Cornelius

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Cornelius	Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Indonesia, United States
Корнелий	Kazakhstan, Russia, Bulgaria
Корнелиус	Kazakhstan, Russia
קורנליוס	Israel

First names said to be same

Cees, Corneille, Corneli, Cornelia, Cornelio, Cornelis, Corneliu, Cornell, Cornelus, Cornil, Cornu, Cornélio, Cornélius, Kees, Korneel, Kornel, Kornelio, Kornelis, Kornelius, Kornelíus, Kornél, Кес, Корнел, Корнели, Корнелио, Корнелис, Корнель, Корнелій, Корнеліс, Корнилий, Цорнелиус, קורנליס, קס, سيس, كورنيليس, كيس, 凯思, 凯斯, and 塞斯

First name Cornelius in the context

Cornelius is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Cornelius the Centurion , the First Gentile to convert to Christianity, Acts of the Apostles; Cornelius Fudge , the Harry Potter character, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Cornelius Coot , the founder of Duckburg; Cornelius Stirk , the DC Comics character, Detective Comics and Reginald Cornelius III , the character in the 1980s television series Knight Rider, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	cornelius gallus 1st century BC Roman poet, orator and politician (b. 69)
	cornelius dolabella son of Tullia and Dolabella (b. 49)
	cornelius nepos Roman historian and biographer (c.110 BC–c.25 BC), IT (b. 100)
	cornelius orestes Roman suffect consul 85 AD (b. 50)
	cornelius felicior (b. 50)
	cornelius fuscus 1st century AD Roman general and Praetorian Prefect (b. 100)
	cornelius epicadus freeman of Sulla, writer (b. 100)
	cornelius sulla felix arvalis (b. 100)
	cornelius pinus (b. 100)
	cornelius proculus (b. 100)
	cornelius (b. 100)
	cornelius of antioch (b. 127)
	cornelius tlepolemos ancient Greek painter (b. 150)
	cornelius lentulus Roman politician (b. 200)
	cornelius celer (b. 200)