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| Name info: About the name Cornelius in particular |  | 
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| Group info: About Cornelius/Cornelia, the group of names with the same origin as Cornelius | | Language of origin: | Latin |  | Info about origin, male: | from a Roman family name that possibly derives from the word cornu (horn) |  |  | known from Saint Cornelius, pope from 251 to 253 AD |  | Words: | cornu = the horn  Latin |  | Topics: | Roman family name |  | Variants' top ranks: | 28:Nele Düsseldorf 2019,  29:Kornél Hungary 2023,  30:Kornelia Warsaw 2016,  42:Cornelia Switzerland 2013,  62:Connie USA 1960-1969,  78:Cornelis Netherlands 2008,  182:Nelia Norway 2022,  193:Cornelius Norway 2012,  199:Kornelius Norway 2020,  532:Cornel Switzerland 1997 |  | Old/original forms: | Cornelius Latin |  | Name variants: | Conni, Connie, Conny, Cornela, Cornelia, Cornélie, Cornell, Kornelia, Nele, Nelia, Nelli, Corneille, Cornel, Cornelio, Cornelis, Cornelius, Cornell, Kornel, Kornél, Kornelius, Korneliusz, Neel   Sortable list   Details | 
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| Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Cornelius | Sort by Rank   Sort by Year| Series | Graph | Rankings | 
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 | Norway | Graph | 2013 197,  2012 193 |  | USA decades | Graph | 1990-1999 565,  1980-1989 409 |  | USA yearly | Graph | 2008 987,  2007 981,  2006 927,  2005 987,  2004 969,  2003 788,  2002 865,  2001 867,  2000 788,  1999 714,  1998 702,  1997 710,  1996 673,  1995 642,  1994 629,  1993 590 | 
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