Cornelis
Meaning and origin
We don't have a sourced origin for Cornelis yet, and we would rather show nothing than guess.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Cornelis has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2014. 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.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 11 |
| 2005 | 8 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 11 |
| 2008 | 13 |
| 2009 | 14 |
| 2010 | 15 |
| 2011 | 25 |
| 2012 | 30 |
| 2013 | 21 |
| 2014 | 51 |
| 2015 | 30 |
| 2016 | 27 |
| 2017 | 40 |
| 2018 | 29 |
| 2019 | 31 |
| 2020 | 38 |
| 2021 | 38 |
| 2022 | 28 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 104 |
| 2000 | 107 |
| 2001 | 118 |
| 2002 | 119 |
| 2003 | 123 |
| 2004 | 138 |
| 2005 | 144 |
| 2006 | 149 |
| 2007 | 163 |
| 2008 | 183 |
| 2009 | 203 |
| 2010 | 216 |
| 2011 | 243 |
| 2012 | 277 |
| 2013 | 298 |
| 2014 | 355 |
| 2015 | 379 |
| 2016 | 412 |
| 2017 | 452 |
| 2018 | 481 |
| 2019 | 512 |
| 2020 | 553 |
Cornelis in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Cornelis.Hi! My name is Cornelis.
- Har du träffat Cornelis? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Cornelis? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Cornelis i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Cornelis this afternoon.
- Cornelis mamma är lärare.Cornelis's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Cornelis mamma is Cornelis's mum. Because Cornelis already ends in s, nothing is added.
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How do you pronounce Cornelis in Swedish?
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How popular is Cornelis in Sweden?
28 babies were named Cornelis in 2022. In 2020, 553 people in Sweden had Cornelis as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2014 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.