Gender: Girl
Meaning: Contemporary name
Origin: Modern American
Popularity: Ranked #1065 in 2024 with 233 babies born.
History: Cordelia surged in the 2020s. King Lear's faithful daughter is Shakespeare's purest soul. Buffy's Cordelia Chase evolved from mean girl to champion. Anne of Green Gables wished she were named Cordelia. The name spans Shakespeare, Joss Whedon, and L.M. Montgomery. Cordelia means loyalty across every story.
Similar names: cordell, cornelia, cornelio, cardell, cerelia, coralia, cordae, cornel
Name length: 8 letters
How common is Cordelia? About 1 in 14,285 babies born in 2024 were named Cordelia, or roughly 0.6 per day in the United States.
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