Cornelia
Meaning and origin
From Latin Cornelia. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1651.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Cornelia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Cornelia has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2005. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 190 |
| 1999 | 232 |
| 2000 | 213 |
| 2001 | 188 |
| 2002 | 198 |
| 2003 | 197 |
| 2004 | 181 |
| 2005 | 280 |
| 2006 | 262 |
| 2007 | 214 |
| 2008 | 225 |
| 2009 | 234 |
| 2010 | 191 |
| 2011 | 195 |
| 2012 | 180 |
| 2013 | 220 |
| 2014 | 210 |
| 2015 | 163 |
| 2016 | 156 |
| 2017 | 188 |
| 2018 | 135 |
| 2019 | 134 |
| 2020 | 155 |
| 2021 | 126 |
| 2022 | 95 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,998 |
| 2000 | 2,213 |
| 2001 | 2,401 |
| 2002 | 2,603 |
| 2003 | 2,801 |
| 2004 | 2,986 |
| 2005 | 3,261 |
| 2006 | 3,531 |
| 2007 | 3,744 |
| 2008 | 3,994 |
| 2009 | 4,229 |
| 2010 | 4,422 |
| 2011 | 4,611 |
| 2012 | 4,816 |
| 2013 | 5,044 |
| 2014 | 5,254 |
| 2015 | 5,425 |
| 2016 | 5,572 |
| 2017 | 5,760 |
| 2018 | 5,892 |
| 2019 | 6,024 |
| 2020 | 6,165 |
Cornelia in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Cornelia.Hi! My name is Cornelia.
- Cornelia har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Cornelia has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Cornelia i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Cornelia this afternoon.
- Cornelias mamma är lärare.Cornelia's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Cornelias mamma is Cornelia's mum.
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Questions about Cornelia
How do you pronounce Cornelia in Swedish?
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What does the name Cornelia mean?
From Latin Cornelia. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1651.
How popular is Cornelia in Sweden?
95 babies were named Cornelia in 2022. In 2020, 6,165 people in Sweden had Cornelia as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2005 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.