Corneille
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in French: From Latin Cornelius, an old Roman clan name, possibly from cornu 'horn'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kɔʁnɛj/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Corneille is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- FRFrance
- USUnited States
- BEBelgium
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Latin Cornelius, an old Roman clan name, possibly from cornu 'horn'.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
How Corneille is read(measured from records)
Corneille is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French67%
From Latin Cornelius, an old Roman clan name, possibly from cornu 'horn'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
crow (bird)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Du latin Cornelius; saint Corneille, pape et martyr, fêté le 16 septembre.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Latin, from cornicula/cornix, 'crow'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
- English25%
Pierre, French writer; pers. name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Corneille is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Irish, A Palatine name in Co. Limerick
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Pierre Corneilleb. 1606FRFrench tragedian (1606–1684)
- Antoine Corneilleb. 1611FRFrench poet (1611-1657)
- Thomas Corneilleb. 1625FRFrench dramatist (1625-1709)
- Jean-Baptiste Corneilleb. 1649FRFrench historical painter, etcher, and engraver (1649-1695)
- Médéric Corneilleb. 1700FRFrench organist
- Marcelle Corneilleb. 1923CACanadian administrator and educator
- Marie-Andrée Corneilleb. 1953CACanadian actress
- Glenn Corneilleb. 1970NLDutch musician (1970–2005)
- Dogan Corneilleb. 1974NLfootball player
- Mark Corneilleb. 1986GBEnglish footballer (born 1986)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 330 | #65,003 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 294 | #67,126 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 229 | #77,742 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 212 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 196 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 192 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 168 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 162 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 150 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 144 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 142 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 125 | #12,913 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Corneille mean, and where does it come from?
- From Latin Cornelius, an old Roman clan name, possibly from cornu 'horn'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- What are other forms of the name Corneille?
- In the etymology graph, Corneja and Korneli are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Corneille?
- A machine transcription gives /kɔʁnɛj/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Corneille have the most bearers?
- Corneille is most frequently recorded in France.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Corneille”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.