Given name & surname · also Latin
Cordula
“from the heart”·“resembling a jewel”
Cordula is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “from the heart” and “resembling a jewel”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Original GermanCora
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “from the heart” and “resembling a jewel”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and German naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cordula through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 0 boys · 21 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
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1926. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 135 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cordula’s family of names
In German usage, Cordula has a short form in Cora. Cordula has a related form in Cordoola. Cordula has a related form in Cordoolah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cordula
- Cordula TrantowGerman film director1942–2026
- Cordula of CologneCatholic saint400–383
- Cordula StratmannGerman comedianborn 1963
- Cordula ReyerAustrian modelborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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