Given name

Cordilia

“a good-hearted woman; a woman of honesty”

Cordilia is a variant of Cordelia. One Latin interpretation is “a good-hearted woman; a woman of honesty.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Cordilia 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

Cordilia 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 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Cordilia 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

Cordilia through the years

Babies since 1880
22
0 boys · 22 girls
Most popular year
1919
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Cordilia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1919–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1933. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Cordilia’s family of names

Cordilia has a related form in Cordelia.

Walk Cordilia’s family in the name graph

CordiliaCordeliaCordillia

The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Cordilia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Latin · Literary

Gavina

“resembling the white falcon; woman from Gabio” · “a little white falcon”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Literary

Ellaine

“the shining light”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Literary

Vondia

“a wanderer”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Literary

Cordee

“a good-hearted woman; a woman of honesty”

No U.S. birth series

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Literary

Tristia

“one who is sorrowful”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Literary

Vandia

“a wanderer”

No U.S. birth series

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English · Royal

Titania

“of the giants” · “queen of the fairies”

13Very rare

>99% girls

Literary

Vondella

“a wanderer”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Cordilia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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