Cornelius

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Male Male Name

Usage

Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Roman nomen

Latin cornu = 'horn' [1] [2]

Related Names

     
Cornelis Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Cornelius Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Kaneles Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Karneles Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Karnelis Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Kornelius Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Norwegian Swedish
Kornelíus Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Kornus Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese

See also:
Female forms: Cornelia
Pet forms: Kai, Nelius

Name Day

Denmark Denmark

3 July

Further Information

Bible

According to the Acts of the Apostles (New Testament), Cornelius was a centurion and the first Gentile converted to the faith

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 n.a. 270 n.a
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 155 195
Sweden Sweden[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m3.png 0 2 127 465
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m2.png n.a. 2 n.a 45
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[5][3][4][6]:Name statistics for Cornelius(m)


Sources: [5] [3] [4] [6]

References

  1. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  3. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi