Names 12

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Info from here.

CORDELIA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
From Cordeilla, a Celtic name of unknown meaning. When adapting the character for his play 'King Lear', Shakespeare altered the spelling to Cordelia. Cordelia was one of the three daughters of King Lear, whom she succeeded as ruler of the Britons.

Good Name 77% 23% Bad Name
Masculine 1% 99% Feminine
Classic 90% 10% Modern
Mature 64% 36% Youthful
Formal 91% 9% Informal
Upperclass 87% 13% Common
Urban 37% 63% Natural
Wholesome 59% 41% Devious
Strong 49% 51% Delicate
Refined 80% 20% Rough
Strange 83% 17% Boring
Simple 17% 83% Complex
Serious 75% 25% Comedic
Nerdy 61% 39% Unintellectual

United States Top 1000 (female)
Year(s) Rank
2005 -
2004 -
2003 -
2002 -
2001 -
2000 -
1999 -
1998 -
1997 -
1996 -
1995 -
1994 -
1993 -
1992 -
1991 -
1990 -
1980-1989 -
1970-1979 -
1960-1969 -
1950-1959 -
1940-1949 911
1930-1939 744
1920-1929 688
1910-1919 568
1900-1909 435

That's the first time I have struck that for one of these names - outside the top 1000 since 1949! I just presumed that Cordelia would be a little more popular than that.