Given name & surname
Cordella
“a good-hearted woman; a woman of honesty”
Cordella is a variant of Cordelia. One Latin interpretation is “a good-hearted woman; a woman of honesty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cordella is a variant of Cordelia. One Latin interpretation is “a good-hearted woman; a woman of honesty.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cordella is a variant of Cordelia. An origin associated with Cordelia is Celtic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Cordella is a variant of Cordelia. The history of Cordelia gives this family its wider story. Cordelia is the daughter who remains loyal to King Lear in Shakespeare’s tragedy. The play is its central literary association; a proposed link with Latin cor, “heart,” is an interpretation rather than a settled derivation.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Cordella through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 377
- 0 boys · 377 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1978. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 275 as a first name in 2020; 132 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cordella’s family of names
Cordella has a related form in Cordelia.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Cordella, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Cordilia
“a good-hearted woman; a woman of honesty”
>99% girls
Gavina
“resembling the white falcon; woman from Gabio” · “a little white falcon”
>99% girls
Ellaine
“the shining light”
>99% girls
Vondella
“a wanderer”
>99% girls
Cordee
“a good-hearted woman; a woman of honesty”
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Wonda
“a wanderer”
>99% girls
Vondia
“a wanderer”
>99% girls
Vonditta
“a wanderer”
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