Given name & surname
Cornwallis
“a man from Cornwall”
Cornwallis is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a man from Cornwall.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a man from Cornwall.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
From Old English Cornwēalas (“Cornwall, inhabitants of Cornwall”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Cornwallis’s family of names
In English usage, Cornwallis as a surname is a nickname for CORNISH. Cornwallis has a related form in Cornwalace. Cornwallis has a related form in Cornwalis.
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Nicknames & forms 4
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