Given name

Kornelij

Kornelij is a given name from Latin. It is used in Slovene.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kornelij comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Cornelius.

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Kornelij’s family of names

In Slovenian usage, Kornelij has a conventional equivalent in the French form Corneille. In Russian usage, Kornelij is a transliteration of Корнелий.

Walk Kornelij’s family in the name graph

KornelijКорнелийCorneille

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Latin

Kornéli

Kornéli is a masculine given name from Old Breton, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Breton.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Corneli

Corneli is a surname. It is used in Italian.

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88% boys · 12% girls

Latin

Corneliu

Corneliu is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Romanian.

No U.S. birth series

99% boys · 1% girls

Latin

Cornélia

Cornélia is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in Portuguese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Latin

Kornelijus

Kornelijus is a given name from Latin. It is used in Lithuanian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Kordian

Kordian is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Kononas

Kononas is a given name from Latin. It is used in Lithuanian.

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Latin

Constantijn

Constantijn is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Dutch.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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