Details for the forename Cornelia

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Cornelia (female)


Pet Name(s):	Cokkie (F) Nelleke (F)
Derivative of:	Nellie (F)
Masculine form:	Cornelis (M) Cornelius (M)

Source(s):	FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English, German and Dutch from an old Roman family name of uncertain meaning, possibly from Latin "horn". The pet names Cokkie and Nelleke are both only Dutch. Cornelia occurs rarely in the 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire.