Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

Cordelia

40 replies

LolaTheShowgirl · 20/05/2009 23:24

For a girl. Nice?

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
bringbackaqualibra · 08/02/2011 20:43

Love it. Would have called DS Cordelia if he had been a girl.

MummyGil · 08/02/2011 08:00

At the time of choosing the name, our name books said that it was Latin for warm-hearted. Only recently have I seen references to it being Celtic for jewel of the sea. I'm pretty sure my son's Latin textbooks feature a Cordelia!

MelinaM · 08/02/2011 00:41

^Grin at your two year old! Cordelia is a lovely nameSmile

AllieW · 07/02/2011 23:00

Love it! Not keen on Delia as a nn, but otherwise it's fab.

PlanetLizard · 07/02/2011 22:43

I dislike it.

MummyGil · 07/02/2011 00:20

I have a Cordelia. She loves it. Whenever she is asked her name she always gets a positive reaction. She usually gets her full name but has on occasion been called Deely or Cordy. She doesn't mind either of these.

FeelABitCrapToday · 28/05/2009 19:11

Latin for heart? It isn't, it's something to do with water I think.

mrswoolf · 28/05/2009 19:08

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

RedCharityBonney · 28/05/2009 17:04

Hello Mrs W! It's me ... being harmless

mrswoolf · 28/05/2009 16:38

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Rolf · 28/05/2009 15:49

Lovely name

RedCharityBonney · 28/05/2009 14:27

Love it.

I wouldn't let Brideshead put me off tbh. I liked the character. A lot of us are a bit "poor, thwarted" aren't we? But still happy in some very important ways.

Dilly for a toddler, Della for a teenager, Cordelia when she's a QC. Perfect!

arolf · 28/05/2009 12:15

my sister is Cordelia, she always gets compliments on her unusual (and nice!) name, and the only 2 shortened versions we've heard are Cordy (which family hates) and Lia.

dizzydixies · 24/05/2009 22:13

my Cordelia is known as Dylan don't ask its a long boring story

Paolosgirl · 24/05/2009 22:11

Love Cordelia

Hate Delia though...

dizzydixies · 24/05/2009 22:08

I have a Cordelia too and she is gorgeous, haven't regretted it for a moment

its Latin meaning heart

mumtoxii · 22/05/2009 20:35

I have a Cordelia, and she is called Cordy for her nn, although my two year old calls her "DOOR"!

WinkyWinkola · 22/05/2009 19:23

Beautiful name. Really.

LaDiDaDi · 22/05/2009 18:18

I think it's fab. Would use Cordy as a nn.

suwoo · 22/05/2009 16:36

It's poncetastic, but I love it.

charliegal · 22/05/2009 16:30

It is lovely, I went to school with a Cordelia. (In Lancashire!)

minesacheeseandpicklesandwich · 22/05/2009 16:23

I love it, but Buffy spoiled it for me!

Heated · 22/05/2009 16:21

Lovely name

RachieB · 22/05/2009 16:05

It was my grandmothers name

Not keen for a baby today,I am not into the whole old peoples names trend !

MummyDragon · 21/05/2009 10:27

My parents were going to call me Cordelia but changed their minds ... the only Cordelia I know is called Cod by absolutely everyone.

I love the name though!