Cornelius
m.
Latin Cornelius, the name of a Roman gens, which in turn may be derived from Latin cornu 'a horn'.
The name of a Roman centurion held to be the first Gentile to convert to Christianity, a 2nd C pope and patriarch of Antioch, and a 3rd C pope and saint.
Cornelius is sometimes used as an anglicization of Irish Conchob(h)ar (cf. Connor).
- England
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1529 Cornelys PP-HenV p. 10;
1530 Cornelys ibid. p. 23;
1582 Cornellis StAnthonlin p. 29;
1586 Cornelius DEmar-vol2 p. 13
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ◑ 1592 Nellies Tiik1977 p. 285,
Nellius ibid. p. 285
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1378 Cornelio (dat) hanquetvol1 1442
- Latvia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1514 Karnelius Mettig1892 p. 7;
1518 Karnelius ibid. p. 7
- The Netherlands
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- Dutch
- ● 1560 Cornelis MagMiddelburg-1560;
1561 Cornelis ibid.;
1562 Cornelis ibid.;
1563 Cornelis ibid.;
1564 Kornelis ibid.;
1565 Kornelis ibid.;
1566 Kornelis ibid.;
1567 Cornelis ibid.,
Kornelis ibid.;
1568 Cornelis ibid.,
Kornelis ibid.;
1569 Cornelis ibid.,
Kornelis ibid.;
1570 Kornelis ibid.;
1571 Kornelis ibid.;
1572 Kornelis ibid.;
1573 Cornelis ibid.;
1574 Cornelis ibid.;
1575 Cornelis ibid.;
1576 Cornelis ibid.;
1577 Cornelis ibid.;
1578 Cornelis ibid.;
1579 Cornelis ibid.;
1580 Cornelis ibid.;
1581 Cornelis ibid.;
1582 Cornelis ibid.,
Kornelis ibid.;
1583 Cornelis ibid.;
1584 Cornelis ibid.;
1585 Kornelis ibid.;
1586 Cornelis ibid.;
1587 Kornelis ibid.;
1588 Cornelis ibid.;
1589 Cornelis ibid.;
1591 Cornelis ibid.;
1592 Cornelis ibid.
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Cornelius". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Cornelius.