Cornelius

Where Cornelius comes from

Borrowed from Latin Cornēlius.
— Wiktionary's entry for Cornelius
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1794
    Cornelius Vanderbilt born
    American businessman and tycoon
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #147 among boys — 92 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1882
    Peak, #130
    107 babies named Cornelius — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1922
    Cornelius Castoriadis born
    Greek-French philosopher
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Cornelius Vanderbilt · American businessman and tycoon, 1794–1877
  • Cornelius Castoriadis · Greek-French philosopher, 1922–1997
  • Cornelius Jansen · Bishop and theologian, 1585–1638
  • Cornelius Ryan · Irish American journalist, 1920–1974

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.