Cornelis

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Cornelis is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name6.6K records spelled Cornelis6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Brazil, Netherlands, United States

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Cornélis, Cornelís

• a separate given name2.5K records spelled Cornelis2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Netherlands, United States, Canada, Belgium

  Also written Cornélis

• Indonesian given name1.9K records spelled Cornelis3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Netherlands, South Africa, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Cornélis

• Danish given name1.1K records spelled Cornelis6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Cornélis

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Cornelis is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, Patronym zum Rufnamen Cornelius; 48 Belege.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

• Dutch form of CORNELIUS , very common in Holland and South Africa. Short forms: Cor, Niels. Pet forms: Kees, Cees .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Cornelis van Haarlemb. 1562NLDutch painter (1562-1638)
• Cornelis de Houtmanb. 1565NLDutch explorer
• Franciscus Cornelis Dondersb. 1818NLDutch ophthalmologist (1818-1889)
• Piet Mondrianb. 1872NLnot in their usual nameDutch painter (1872–1944)
• Kees van Dongenb. 1877NLnot in their usual nameDutch painter (1877-1968)
• M. C. Escherb. 1898NLnot in their usual nameDutch graphic artist (1898–1972)
• Colonel Tom Parkerb. 1909NLnot in their usual nameDutch-American talent manager and concert promoter
• Frans Timmermansb. 1961NLnot in their usual nameDutch politician (born 1961)
• Laidback Lukeb. 1976NLnot in their usual nameDutch DJ and record producer
• Joey Veermanb. 1998NLnot in their usual nameDutch association football player (born 1998)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 118 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Cornelis?

We estimate roughly 358 thousand people bear Cornelis (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Cornelis have the most bearers?

We estimate about 353 thousand people bear Cornelis in the Netherlands, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled cornelis.

Where is Cornelis most common?

Cornelis is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 49 people carrying it.

How common is Cornelis compared with other names?

In the Netherlands, Cornelis is the 7th most common given name of 134,847 given names recorded there.

Is Cornelis a male or female name?

Cornelis is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Cornelis mean?

Recorded meaning: Familienname aus dem Rufnamen Cornelius; 48 Träger.