It is a feminine form of the name Cornelius[1] or Cornelis.
Nel, Nele, Nelly, Corey, Cornie, Lia, or Nelia can be used as a shortened version of Cornelia.
Lia and Cokkie are diminutive versions of the Dutch name.
It also has the alternate spellings of Kornelia, Korneliya, and Cornélia.
This gens was widespread and some notable members of it include; Cornelia Africana (mother of the Gracchi brothers), Cornelia (first wife of Julius Caesar) and Cornelia Salonina (Roman empress as the wife of Gallienus).