Corneliu
From Latin, carrying the sense of "horn". Only about 72 men in Poland have the name, with none born in the years on record, so meeting one would stay with you.
Corneliu Pronunciation
Corneliu is pronounced tsor-NEL-yoo (/t͡sɔrˈnɛlju/).
What Corneliu means
Where Corneliu comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Corneliu comes from Latin, from the Roman family name Cornelius, and behind it stands the word cornu, horn. In Polish that is róg. The horn was an ordinary object in Rome, a signal and a drinking vessel, and the family name grew from that plain thing.
The Cornelii were one of Rome's large patrician houses. Later the name reached the early Church. Pope Cornelius led the Roman community in the third century, and 16 September remains his name-day for the Latin form.
Corneliu is the Romanian shape of that old name. It keeps the horn inside it. A child written down as Corneliu on a class register holds a word, cornu, that meant horn.
How many people are named Corneliu
1 in 296475 men in Poland is named Corneliu. 72 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4224 among male names.
Corneliu as a middle name
Corneliu is a first name for 72 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 97/3 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 7451st, between Corbin (2) and Cornelus (2).
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#7449 Condrad2
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#7450 Corbin2
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#7451 Corneliu2
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#7452 Cornelus2
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#7453 Cosme2