Cornelius (name) explained
| Cornelius |
| Gender: | Male |
| Origin: | Latin |
Cornelius is an originally Roman masculine name. Its derivation is uncertain but is suspected to be from the Latin cornu, "horn".[1]
Cornelius as a surname
- Aaron Cornelius (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
- Ajani Cornelius (born 2002), American football player
- Alvin Robert Cornelius (1903–1991), Pakistani jurist and politician
- Andreas Cornelius (born 1993), Danish footballer
- Bernard Cornelius (1919–1987), English cricketer
- Billy Cornelius (1898–?), English footballer
- Carter Cornelius (1948–1991), American politician
- Charles Cornelius (born 1945), Indian field hockey player
- Charles Cornelius (gridiron football) (born 1952), American football player
- Cleighton Cornelius (born 1976), New Zealand cricketer
- Dean Cornelius (born 2001), Scottish footballer
- Deborah Cornelius, British actress
- Derek Cornelius (born 1997), Canadian soccer player
- Don Cornelius (1936–2012), the creator and first host of Soul Train
- Eddie Cornelius, American gospel singer
- Elias Cornelius (1794–1832), American missionary
- Everton Cornelius (born 1955), Antigua and Barbuda sprinter
- George Cornelius (Secretary), American politician
- Hans Cornelius (1863–1947), German philosopher
- Helen Cornelius (born 1941), American singer-songwriter and actress
- Ingeborg Cornelius (1930–2023), Austrian actress
- Jacob Cornelius (born 1984), American rower
- Jemalle Cornelius (born 1984), American football player
- Johanna Cornelius (1912–1974), Afrikaner activist and trade unionist
- Kathy Cornelius (born 1932), American golfer
- Keenan Cornelius (born 1992), American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA fighter
- Keithroy Cornelius (born 1968), U.S. Virgin Islands cricketer and footballer
- Laura Cornelius (born 1996), Dutch basketball player
- Lloyd Cornelius (born 1943), Guyanese cricketer
- Michael G. Cornelius, American academic and author
- Nelarine Cornelius (born 1957), British academic
- Norman Cornelius (1886–1963), English cricketer
- Patricia Cornelius (born 1952), Australian playwright
- Peter Cornelius (disambiguation), multiple people
- Reid Cornelius (born 1970), American baseball player and coach
- Robert Cornelius (1809–1893), American photographer
- Stan Cornelius (1941–2005), American lawyer, politician and record producer
- Stella Cornelius (1919–2010), Australian businesswoman and peace activist
- Taylor Cornelius (born 1995), American football player
- Thomas R. Cornelius (1827–1899), American politician
- Tiffany Cornelius (born 1989), Luxembourgish tennis player
- Troy Cornelius (born 1983), Guyanese cricketer
- Wade Cornelius (born 1978), New Zealand cricketer
- Wanda Cornelius, American politician
- Wayne A. Cornelius (born 1945), American political scientist and academic
Cornelius as a given name
- Cornelius (musician), stage name of Japanese recording artist and producer Keigo Oyamada
- Corneille (singer), stage name of Cornelius Nyungura, German-born Québécois rhythm and blues singer
- Cornelius Agrippa, 15th-century German magician and cabalist
- Cornelius W. Armstrong (1827–after 1872), New York politician
- Cornelius Bennett, American football player
- Cornelius Boza-Edwards, Ugandan Super Featherweight boxing champion
- Cornelius M. Brosnan (1813–1867), Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada
- Cornelius Burger, South African serial killer
- Cornelius Burges, English minister
- Cornelius Cardew, English composer
- Cornelius the Centurion, considered by Christians to be the first Gentile converted
- Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek-French astronomer, philosopher
- Cornelius Crane Chase, better known under his stage name Chevy Chase, actor and comedian
- Cornelius Coe, American football player
- Cornelius Cole, Governor of California
- Cornelius P. Comegys, American farmer and politician
- Cornelius Fuscus, prefect of the Praetorian Guard
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher (1921–2018), American politician
- Cornelius Hankins (1863–1946), American painter
- Cornelius Hardy, Australian convict
- Cornelius Henry, Canadian cricketer
- Cornelius T. Herring (1849–1931), American rancher, banker and hotelier
- Cornelius Holland (regicide), regicide of Charles I of England
- Cornelius Holland (politician), United States Representative from Maine
- Cornelius Jakhelln, Norwegian musician
- Cornelius Johnson (athlete), African-American high jump athlete
- Cornelius L. Keedy, American pastor, physician, and academic administrator
- Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist
- Cornelius Lysaght, horse racing correspondent
- Cornelius McGillicuddy Sr., better known as Connie Mack, baseball player, Philadelphia Athletics owner and manager
- Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy III, better known as Connie Mack III, senator from Florida
- Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy IV, better known as Connie Mack IV, congressman from Florida
- Cornelius Mwalwanda (died 2020), Malawian politician and economist
- Cornelius Nepos, Roman historian of Gaul
- Cornelius Pot, Dutch football coach
- Cornelius Roosevelt (1794–1871), American businessman
- Cornelius V. S. Roosevelt (1951–1991), American veteran
- Cornelius Ryan (1920–1974), author of The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far
- Cornelio Saavedra, first President of Argentina 1810
- Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr., birth name of Robert Byrd, senator and congressman from West Virginia
- Cornelius "Corrie" Sanders, South African boxer
- Cornelius Sherlock (died 1888), British architect
- Cornelius Staley (1808–1883), American politician from Maryland
- Cornelius Van Til, Dutch-American Christian philosopher, Reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist
- Cornelius Vander Starr, American founder of AIG
- Cornelius Vanderbilt, American industrialist
- Cornelius Wiebe, Canadian physician and politician
- Cornelius Whitehouse (1796–1883), English engineer and inventor
- Pope Cornelius, pope from AD 251 to 253
- Metropolitan Cornelius, several people
- St. Cornelius (disambiguation), several saints
- Cornelius Adam Igbudu (1914–1981), founder of the Anglican Adam Preaching Society
Fictional characters
Family name
Given name
- Cornelius (Planet of the Apes), from the Planet of the Apes film series
- Cornelius, an old elephant counsellor from the Babar the Elephant children's books and animated TV series
- Prince Cornelius, faery prince from the 1994 film Thumbelina
- Cornelius, an alias used by The Narrator in Fight Club
- Cornelius Coot, in the Scrooge McDuck universe
- Cornelius Fillmore, in the animated series Fillmore!
- Cornelius Fudge, from the Harry Potter series
- Gibby Cornelius Gibson, one of the main characters of Nickelodeon's iCarly
- Cornelius Hackl from the musical Hello, Dolly!
- Cornelius "Cory" Matthews, the main character of Boy Meets World
- Lewis "Cornelius" Robinson, the adult character of Lewis in Meet the Robinsons
- Cornelius Stirk, in the DC Universe
- Cornelius Austerlin, the stepdad in Lene Kaaberbøl's books about Katriona
- Cornelius, an elderly ant in the 1998 film A Bug's Life
See also
References
- Web site: MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Cornelius . 2015-11-21 . https://archive.today/20120525214328/http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/c/origin-and-meaning-of-cornelius.htm . 2012-05-25 . dead .
