Cornelis Explained

Cornelis
Gender:	Male
Language:	Dutch
Language origin:	Latin
Origin:	Cornelius
Shortform:	Cor, Corneel, Niels, Neels
Petname:	Cees, Kees
Cognate:	Cornelia
Footnotes:	^[1]

Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius.^[2] Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis.^[3]

Cornelis (Kees) and Johannes (Jan) used to be the most common given names in the Low Countries, and the origin of the term Yankees is commonly thought to derive from the term Jan-Kees for the Dutch settlers in New Netherland.^{[4] [5]}

Among the notable persons named Cornelis are:

• Cornelis Engebrechtsz (1527), painter from Leiden
• Cornelis Massijs (1556), painter from Flanders, Belgium
• Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1513/14-1575), architect and sculptor
• Cornelis Cort (1578), engraver and draughtsman
• Cornelis Corneliszoon (1607), inventor of the wind powered sawmill
• Cor Dillen (2009), director of Philips and their CEO in South America
• Cornelis van Haarlem (1562–1638), leading Northern Mannerist painter
• Cornelis de Houtman (1565–1599), explorer who started the Dutch spice trade
• Cornelis Drebbel (1572–1633), builder of the first navigable submarine
• Cornelis de Vos (1584–1651), Flemish Baroque painter
• Cornelis de Graeff (1599–1664), Golden Age politician
• Cornelis Evertsen (disambiguation) (1610–1666, 1628–1679, 1642–1706), three admirals in the Anglo-Dutch Wars
• Cornelis de Witt (1623–1672), politician of the Dutch Republic
• Cornelis Tromp (1629–1691), admiral in the Anglo-Dutch Wars and in the Scanian War
• Cornelis Pietersz Bega (1631/32-1664), painter and engraver
• Cornelis de Bruijn (1652–1726/27), artist and traveler
• Cornelis Cruys (1655–1727), first commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet
• Cornelis Dusart (1660–1704), genre painter, draftsman, and printmaker
• Cornelis (born 1953), former governor of West Kalimantan, Indonesia
• Cornelis de Pauw (1739–1849), philosopher, geographer and diplomat
• Cornelis Tiele (1830–1902), theologian and scholar
• Cornelis Lely (1854–1929), civil engineer and statesman
• Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven (1873–1932), South African writer and poet
• Cornelis Bernardus van Niel (1897–1985), microbiologist
• Cornelis Broerse (1900–1972), artist
• Cornelis Berkhouwer (1919–1992), President of the European Parliament 1973–75
• Cornelis van Beverloo (1922–2010), artist better known under his pseudonym "Corneille"
• Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937–1987), Dutch-Swedish singer, poet and actor
• Cornelis Zitman (1926–2016), Dutch sculptor and draftsman
• Cornelis Bodenstein (born 1992), South African-born cricketer
• Cornelis Schuuring (born 1942), Dutch racing cyclist

Surname

Cornelis also is a patronymic surname, quite common in Flanders.^[6] People with this surname include:

• (1884–1931), Dutch conductor and organist
• Guy R. Cornelis (born 1946), Belgian microbiologist
• Hans Cornelis (born 1982), Belgian footballer
• Hendrik Cornelis (1910–1999), Belgian civil servant; last governor-general of Belgian Congo
• Jean Cornelis (1941–2016), Belgian footballer
• Joseph Cornelis (1917–2000), Belgian boxer

See also

• • • Cees
• Cornelia (name), the feminine version of the name
• Cornelius (name)
• Kees (given name)

Notes and References

1. Book: Norman, Teresa . World of Baby Names, A (Revised) . . New York . 2003 . 978-1-4406-2556-5 . 522378235 . 483 . 2018-12-18.
2. Web site: Instituut . Meertens . NVB : voornaam Cornelis . Welkom bij het Meertens Instituut . nl . 2018-12-18.
3. Book: van Osta, Ward . Ward van Osta . Met naam en toenaam : voornamen, familienamen en bekende merknamen . . Antwerpen/Apeldoorn . 2012 . 978-90-441-2931-1 . 803366714 . nl . 46 . 2018-12-18.
4. Book: Philological Society (Great Britain) . Transactions of the Philological Society . Society . 1910 . 2018-12-18 . 353 . I accept the explanation by Dr. H. Logeman that Yankee was formed (like Chinee from Chinese) from the Du. Jan Kees, the familiar form of John Cornelius, an extremely common name. Cf. Jan, John, and Ke; Cornelius, in Koolman's E. Frisian ....
5. Book: Mencken, H. L. . Henry Louis Mencken

   . Henry Louis Mencken . The American language: an inquiry into the development of English in the United States. The 4th ed. and the two supplements, abridged, with annotations and new material . Knopf . Borzoi Books . 1963 . 2018-12-18 . 122 . Perhaps the most notable of all the contributions of Knickerbocker Dutch to American is the word Yankee. [The most probable etymology derives it from Jan Kees (a diminutive of Cornelius, a common Dutch name), as a sort of Dutch equivalent ...].

6. Web site: Nederlandse Familienamenbank . Nederlandse Familienamenbank . nl . 2018-12-18.