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Kornelia

Girl name · 85 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Kornelia: 85 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 13 births in 2014.

Kornelia is the Polish, German, and Scandinavian form of the ancient Roman name Cornelia, the feminine version of Cornelius, which likely derives from the Latin *cornu*, meaning “horn” – a symbol of strength and plenty. One of history’s most celebrated bearers is Cornelia Africana, the mother of the Gracchi brothers, revered in Roman antiquity as the ideal Roman matron. In modern times, the name is associated with Kornelia Ender, the East German swimmer who won four Olympic gold medals in the 1970s, and Kornelia Kunz, a German middle-distance runner. The root *cornu* also gives us the word “cornet,” while the Cornelia gens was one of Rome’s most distinguished patrician families. Though less common in Scotland than its English variant Cornelia, Kornelia offers a distinctive, international twist on a classical name that has quietly appeared in Scottish birth records since the 1990s.