Cornelis

Cornelis
Pronunciationkor-NAY-lis
GenderMale
LanguageDutch
Origin
LanguageLatin
Word/nameCornelius
Other names
Short formsCor, Corneel, Niels, Neels
Pet formsCees, Kees
CognateCornelia

Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel, Nelis and Niels.

Cornelis (Kees) and Johannes (Jan) used to be the most common given names in the Low Countries, and the origin of the term Yankees is commonly thought to derive from the term Jan-Kees for the Dutch settlers in New Netherland.

Among the notable persons named Cornelis are:

Surname

Cornelis also is a patronymic surname, quite common in Flanders. People with this surname include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Norman, Teresa (2003). World of Baby Names, A (Revised). New York: Penguin Publishing Group. p. 483. ISBN 978-1-4406-2556-5. OCLC 522378235. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  2. ↑ Instituut, Meertens. "NVB : voornaam Cornelis". Welkom bij het Meertens Instituut (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  3. ↑ van Osta, Ward (2012). Met naam en toenaam : voornamen, familienamen en bekende merknamen (in Dutch). Antwerpen/Apeldoorn: Garant. p. 46. ISBN 978-90-441-2931-1. OCLC 803366714. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  4. ↑ Philological Society (Great Britain) (1910). Transactions of the Philological Society. Society. p. 353. Retrieved 2018-12-18. I accept the explanation by Dr. H. Logeman that Yankee was formed (like Chinee from Chinese) from the Du. Jan Kees, the familiar form of John Cornelius, an extremely common name. Cf. Jan, John, and Ke; Cornelius, in Koolman's E. Frisian ...
  5. ↑ Mencken, H. L. (1963). The American language: an inquiry into the development of English in the United States. The 4th ed. and the two supplements, abridged, with annotations and new material. Borzoi Books. Knopf. p. 122. Retrieved 2018-12-18. Perhaps the most notable of all the contributions of Knickerbocker Dutch to American is the word Yankee. [The most probable etymology derives it from Jan Kees (a diminutive of Cornelius, a common Dutch name), as a sort of Dutch equivalent ...
  6. ↑ "Nederlandse Familienamenbank". Nederlandse Familienamenbank (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-12-18.
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