Meaning of the nameCornélio

Cornélio is a male name of Latin origin, from the name Cornelius, which is possibly linked to Latin cornu, 'horn'.

Meaning

“possibly related to Latin cornu, 'horn'”

Source: Wiktionary: Cornelius · Behind the Name: Cornelius

People (2022): 3,174
Rank in Brazil: #3,738
Median age: 61 years
2010 Census: 4,387; people

Cornélio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cornélio, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (725 people).

0 women 3,163 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Cornélio is most common

States with the highest share of people named Cornélio in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Minas Gerais 0.002%
Bahia 0.002%
Pará 0.002%
Goiás 0.002%
Paraná 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	576	0.001%
Minas Gerais	503	0.002%
Bahia	319	0.002%
Paraná	216	0.002%
Pará	177	0.002%
Goiás	141	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	128	0.001%
Pernambuco	111	0.001%
Santa Catarina	110	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	93	0.003%
Ceará	87	0.001%
Piauí	85	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	81	0.001%
Maranhão	81	0.001%
Mato Grosso	70	0.002%
Paraíba	57	0.001%
Espírito Santo	56	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	54	0.002%
Amazonas	48	0.001%
Distrito Federal	37	0.001%
Alagoas	34	0.001%
Tocantins	30	0.002%
Rondônia	29	0.002%
Sergipe	27	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Cornélio

Wiktionary records Cornélio as a learned borrowing from Latin Cornēlius, the name of an ancient Roman family; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado, gives the same Latin origin. The connection with cornu, 'horn', is presented with a reservation ("possibly") in Wiktionary and in Behind the Name. It is also the name of a centurion in the Acts of the Apostles, in the New Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,174 people named Cornélio, with a median age of 61.

Sources

Wiktionary: Cornélio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Cornelius · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Cornelius · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cornélio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Cornélio

What does the name Cornélio mean?

Cornélio means “possibly related to Latin cornu, 'horn'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Cornélio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,174 people with the first name Cornélio, which ranks it number 3,738 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Cornélio a boy's or a girl's name?

Cornélio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,163 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Cornélio?

Cornélio is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cornélio most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.002% of the state's population is named Cornélio (503 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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