Name meaning & stats
Cornelius
Cornelius (Latin origin). 23,790 US babies since 1940, peak 1974.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Latin
In US birth records
Peak year: 1974
23,790 US babies were named Cornelius between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Cornelius (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 92% of the family
- Cornelius 92%
- Cornelious 6%
- Corneilus 1%
- Cornellius 1%
- Corneluis <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1974)