Kornelia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kor-NEL-ya
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
Kornelia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “possibly horn”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies).
What does Kornelia mean?
Latin: Polish, German and Czech form of Cornelia
“possibly horn”
Feminine of Cornelius; Cornelia, mother of the reforming Gracchi brothers, was a celebrated Roman matron.
Is Kornelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Kornelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kornelia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,779th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Kornelia, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 707th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 91 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kornelia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were given Kornelia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,199, up from #1,779 for this spelling alone.
- Kornelia 17
- Cornelia 7
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Kornelia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 38 | #988 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,406 |
| 2021 | 39 | #967 |
| 2020 | 57 | #707 |
| 2019 | 49 | #822 |
| 2018 | 83 | #556 |
| 2017 | 91 | #519 |
| 2016 | 65 | #700 |
| 2015 | 61 | #714 |
| 2014 | 72 | #625 |
| 2013 | 76 | #593 |
| 2012 | 61 | #725 |
| 2011 | 43 | #903 |
| 2010 | 52 | #761 |
| 2009 | 37 | #962 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,215 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
Nicknames for Kornelia
- Nela 45 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kornelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia, Emilia, Lucia, Aurelia, Amelia, Aria, Matilda, Maria, Julia, Aurora, Beatrice, Eliza
Other spellings of Kornelia
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, 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, “Kornelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kornelia, updated 20 October 2026.