Cordelia is a feminine given name. It was borne by the tragic heroine of Shakespeare's King Lear (1606), a character based on the legendary queen Cordelia. The name is of uncertain origin. It is popularly associated with Latin cor (genitive cordis) "heart", and has also been linked with the Welsh name Creiddylad, allegedly meaning "jewel of the sea", but it may derive from the French coeur de lion "heart of a lion".
Cordelia Botkin, American murdererCordelia of Britain, legendary queen of the Britons, youngest daughter of King LeirCordelia Bugeja, British actressCordelia de Castellane, French designerCordelia Fine, British academic psychologist and writerCordelia Agnes Greene, 19th-century physician, philanthropist and suffragist from Upstate New YorkCordelia Harvey, First Lady of Wisconsin Governor Louis Harvey, known for founding Civil War Orphans homes and advocating for war field hospital conditionsCordelia Hawkins, eponym of the U.S. town of Cordele, GeorgiaCordelia Knott, wife of Walter Knott and founder of Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant at Knott's Berry FarmCordelia Scaife May, philanthropistCordelia Mendoza, American antiquarianCordelia Strube, Canadian playwright and novelistCordelia Wilson, painter of New Mexico and American Southwest landscapesCordelia (King Lear), a central character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear, based on the story of King LeirAn anglicization of Creiddylad, the name of a character in Welsh mythologyCordelia Abbott, in the television soap opera The Young and The RestlessCordelia Blake, titular character of the Winston Graham novel Cordelia (published in 1949)Cordelia Chase, character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and AngelCordelia Flakk, character in Jasper Fforde's Lost in a Good BookLady Cordelia Flyte, in Brideshead Revisited (1945) by Evelyn WaughCordelia Gray, in two books by P.D. JamesCordelia Naismith, in the Vorkosigan Saga novels by Lois McMaster BujoldCordelia Ransom, in the Honorverse novels by David WeberDutch adult comic strip by Belgian cartoonist "ILAH" Inge HeremansThe main character of the short story "Cordelia the Crude" by Wallace ThurmanCordelia Frost, character in MARVEL's "Emma Frost" comics, Emma's sister.Cordelia is a 1980 Québec movie starring Louise Portal about real life Cordelia Corriveau, who was hanged in 1763 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, after being condemned for murdering her husband. She was after her death exposed in an iron cage at a crossroad.Cordelia Winthrop Scott, 2011 Film Monte Carlo played by Selena GomezCordelia Foxx, character in American Horror Story: CovenCordelia, character in James Lapine and William Finn's 1990 off-Broadway musical Falsettoland and later its two Broadway revivals, renamed Falsettos."Cordelia", track written by Gordon Downie of The Tragically Hip; album: Road Apples (1991)Name of an album by solo Post-Metal artist Ethan KotelCordelia Capulet, Japanese anime character in "Romeo x Juliet"Cordelia Gallo, Japanese anime character in "Gosick"Cordelia Glauca, Japanese anime character in Tantei Opera Milky HolmesCordelia, Japanese anime character in Diabolik Lovers.Cordelia Gallant-Jamaican baby who started talking at 3mnths old but didn't grow teeth until 15mnths old.