Kornel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOR-nel
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Kornel is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “possibly horn”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Kornel mean?
Latin: Polish, Czech and Hungarian form of Cornelius
“possibly horn”
From the Roman family name Cornelius; in the Bible, Cornelius was a centurion baptised by Saint Peter.
Is Kornel a girl's or a boy's name?
Kornel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kornel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kornel, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 24 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Kornel than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Kornel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kornel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,230 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,253 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,178 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,288 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
Names like Kornel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Austin, Leo, Ollie, Felix, Roman, Vinnie, Noah, Vincent, Isaac, Henry, Theo, Freddie
Names related to Kornel
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kornel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kornel, updated 20 October 2026.