Cornelia

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I’ve had the name Cornelia stuck in my head for the last few weeks and it’s becoming a favourite of mine. What do you think of Cornelia?

Sorry, but it just makes me think of corns on the feet.

Change just one letter though and you get Cordelia, which is so much nicer imo.

I agree with pp, Cordelia is so much nicer. Corny/Neil as nicknames are not great.

Not the nicest, sorry OP. It just sounds quite harsh and I think she would get teased by other children

Yeah I love Cordelia (it’s on my list for if we have a Dd in the future) but I really dislike Cornelia for some reason, although I can’t quite put my finger on why

Bloody awful. Think feet

I think of eyes

Cordelia is much nicer and can be shortened to Delia

I like it. I used to have a really good friend with that name. But then again, it's a real,normal name in my native language so I don't make any weird associations with it like feet and what not.

"Forrin" names that aren't mainstream or posh don't really do well here as posters aren't familiar with them so they'll make their own (often negative) associations.

I won't say what connotations Cordelia has in my own language.

I love it! It reminds me of the character from Santa Claus the movie.

I much prefer Cordelia too.

It reminds me of Lady Cordelia Flyte from the book " Brideshead Revisited". My son is named after her brother in the book.

I think Ecce Romani! Latin text book at school. Cornelia was a character (I think!). I quite like it!

Quite nice, but Cordelia is nicer

It's makes me think of stinky feet.

Like pp, I struggle to get past the "Corn" part and think the Shakespearean Cordelia sounds much nicer, sorry.

Interesting how people seem to prefer Cordelia. I find Cornelia to be softer and rolls off my tongue better.I don't think that the foot association would be a problem in real life. Amelia is the name of a medical condition and it's been one of the most popular names for years.

I prefer Nelia 😁.

Cornelia isn’t my favourite but Cordelia is down right ghastly.

Sorry both ghastly names

I love Cordelia but not Cornelia.

Camilla? Camellia?

Prefer Cordelia

@MrsBungle yes! Cornelia sedet sub arbore dum Flavia cantat.

I like Cornelia, it's a lovely classical name. It also makes me think of cornflowers and Cornelia from the Chalet School books!

Cordelia is wonderful.
I don't like Cornelia though.

I was about to say the same thing - Cordelia is on our list, but for some reason I can't put my finger on I don't like Cornelia (despite having a wonderful and lovely family friend called Cornelia).

@JellyTeapot I loved the adventures of Cornelia and Flavia

Sorry I don't like either but I think Camilla is pretty.