Cordelia
Encyclopedia
Cordelia is a common first name in English
. It is an elaboration of the word 'cor', which means 'heart
' in Latin
. In Celtic
usages, the name is generally understood to mean 'daughter of the sea' or 'jewel of the sea' (sometimes translated as 'star of the sea' or as another such item associated with brilliance and value), due to its association with the mythological Welsh figure of Creiddylad
. (Rare) variations include (but are not limited to) Cordollya, Cordula, Cordiella, Cordeilia, Cordilia, Cordell, and Cordele. Historically, in North America
n and Europe
an usages the names Dahlia, Delilah, Delia, and Adele are sometimes associated with 'Cordelia', and share the common nickname of "Dilly".
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. It is an elaboration of the word 'cor', which means 'heart
Heart
The heart is a myogenic muscular organ found in all animals with a circulatory system , that is responsible for pumping blood throughout the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions...
' in Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
. In Celtic
Celtic languages
The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family...
usages, the name is generally understood to mean 'daughter of the sea' or 'jewel of the sea' (sometimes translated as 'star of the sea' or as another such item associated with brilliance and value), due to its association with the mythological Welsh figure of Creiddylad
Creiddylad
Creiddylad is a figure from Welsh mythology known from the early medieval Welsh Arthurian tale of Culhwch ac Olwen, one of the tales of the Mabinogion. She is the daughter of Lludd Llaw Eraint...
. (Rare) variations include (but are not limited to) Cordollya, Cordula, Cordiella, Cordeilia, Cordilia, Cordell, and Cordele. Historically, in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an usages the names Dahlia, Delilah, Delia, and Adele are sometimes associated with 'Cordelia', and share the common nickname of "Dilly".
People
- Cordelia Botkin, American murderer
- Cordelia BugejaCordelia BugejaCordelia Bugeja is a British actress, best known for her roles as Melanie Hart in the soap opera Family Affairs, and the prostitute Kate in Respectable on Five....
, British actress - Cordelia de Castellane, French designer
- Cordelia FineCordelia FineCordelia Fine is an Australian academic psychologist and writer. She is the author of two books on neuroscience, several book chapters and numerous academic publications...
, British academic psychologist and writer - Cordelia Agnes Greene, 19th century physician, philanthropist and suffragist from Upstate New York
- Cordelia Hawkins, for whom the town of Cordele, GeorgiaCordele, GeorgiaCordele, also known as The Watermelon Capital of the World, is a city in Crisp County, Georgia, United States. The population was 11,608 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Crisp County...
was named - Cordelia Scaife MayCordelia Scaife MayCordelia Scaife May known as "Cordy" to her family and friends, was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-area philanthropist and one of the wealthiest women in the United States....
, philanthropist - Cordelia MendozaCordelia MendozaCordelia Mendoza is an antiques expert, volunteer, San Diego retailer, and author. Her volunteer work began at age 13 when she and her twin sister, Cathleen Scott, were named and represented the San Diego County Heart Association for a year as the Heart Fund Twins, after Mendoza successfully...
, American antiquarian - Cordelia StrubeCordelia StrubeCordelia Strube is a Canadian playwright and novelist.Raised in Montreal, Quebec, Strube began her career as an actor. After winning a CBC Literary Award for her first radio play, Mortal, she wrote nine more radio plays for CBC Radio before publishing her debut novel, Alex & Zee, in 1994. The novel...
, Canadian playwright and novelist - Cordelia WilsonCordelia WilsonCordelia Creigh Wilson was a painter noted for her landscapes of New Mexico and the American Southwest.-Biography:Cordelia "Cordie" Creigh was born in Clear Creek County, Colorado...
, painter of New Mexico and American Southwest landscapes
In fiction
- Cordelia (King Lear)Cordelia (King Lear)Cordelia is a fictional character in William Shakespeare’s tragic play, King Lear. She is the youngest of King Lear’s three daughters. After her elderly father offers her the opportunity to profess her love to him in return for one third of the land in his kingdom, she refuses and is banished for...
, a central character in the play King Lear by William Shakespeare, based on the story of Queen Cordelia of the Britons and her father Lear - Cordelia of Britain, legendary queen of the Britons, youngest daughter of King Leir
- Cordelia Abbott, in the television soap opera The Young And The Restless
- Cordelia Blake, titular character of the novel Cordelia by Winston GrahamWinston GrahamWinston Mawdsley Graham OBE was an English novelist, best known for the The Poldark Novel series of historical fiction.-Biography:...
, published in 1949 - Cordelia ChaseCordelia ChaseCordelia Chase is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer; she also appeared on Buffy's spin-off series Angel...
, character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel - Cordelia Flakk, a character from Jasper Fforde's Lost in a Good Book
- Lady Cordelia Flyte, in Brideshead RevisitedBrideshead RevisitedBrideshead Revisited, The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder is a novel by English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945. Waugh wrote that the novel "deals with what is theologically termed 'the operation of Grace', that is to say, the unmerited and unilateral act of love by...
by Evelyn Waugh - Cordelia Gray, in two books by P.D. James
- Cordelia NaismithCordelia NaismithCordelia Naismith is the name of two fictional characters by Lois McMaster Bujold. One is the titular character from a Victorian era Sherlock Holmes short story entitled "Adventures of the Lady on the Embankment" included in her anthology Dreamweaver's Dilemma...
, in the Vorkosigan Saga novels by Lois McMaster Bujold - Cordelia RansomCordelia RansomCordelia Ransom is a fictional character in the Honorverse, a series of military science fiction novels written by David Weber. Many people consider her to be analogous to Jean-Paul Marat, an important figure in the French Revolution....
, in the Honorverse novels by David Weber - Dutch adult comic strip by Belgian cartoonist Inge "ILAH" Heremans
- The Anglicization of CreiddyladCreiddyladCreiddylad is a figure from Welsh mythology known from the early medieval Welsh Arthurian tale of Culhwch ac Olwen, one of the tales of the Mabinogion. She is the daughter of Lludd Llaw Eraint...
, a female figure from Welsh mythology - The main character of the short story "Cordelia the Crude" by Wallace ThurmanWallace ThurmanWallace Henry Thurman was an American novelist during the Harlem Renaissance. He is best known for his novel The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life, which explores discrimination among black people based on skin color.-Early life:...
- Cordelia Glauca, Japanese anime character in Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
- Cordelia Abidaoud Phoenician Princes
- Cordelia Gallo, Japanese anime character in "Gosick"
- Cordelia Harvey, first lady of Wisconsin Governor Louis Harvey of 1861, founder of Civil War Orphans homes and advocate for civil war field hospital conditions.