Cornelius
//kɔɹˈniliəs// name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A male given name from Latin.
"There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway."
Example
More examples"Cornelius Gurlitt had hidden 1400 works of art stolen by the Nazis in his apartment."
Etymology
From Latin Cornēlius.
More for "cornelius"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.