Cornell

Where Cornell comes from

From Cornwall, spelling conflated with the Latin family name Cornelius.
— Wiktionary's entry for Cornell
Along the way
  1. 1890
    First appearance
    #884 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1925
    Cornell Borchers born
    German actress
  3. 1952
    Peak, #478
    213 babies named Cornell — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1981
    Cornell Glen born
    Trinidad and Tobago footballer
  5. 1992
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,177.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Cornell Borchers · German actress, 1925–2014
  • Cornell Glen · Trinidad and Tobago footballer, born 1981
  • Cornell Capa · American photographer, 1918–2008
  • Cornell Dupree · American R&B/soul jazz guitarist, 1942–2011
  • Cornell MacNeil · American opera singer, 1922–2011

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.