Cordula (first name)

Cordula is a feminine given name .

The name probably goes back to Latin cordus , born late, and was later associated with Latin cor (genitive cordis ) and interpreted as "little heart". A connection with the first name Cordelia is unlikely.

name day

• October 22nd

variants

• Cordula

Well-known namesake

• Cordula (saint) († around 304 or 451), also Kordula , a saint of the Catholic Church
• Cordula Busack (* 1986), German soccer and handball player
• Cordula von Fürstenberg († 1561), abbess of the noble women's monastery Geseke
• Cordula Stratmann (* 1963), German comedian and cabaret artist
• Cordula Tollmien (* 1951), German historian and children's book author
• Cordula Trantow (* 1942), German actress, director and general manager

See also

• Cordula Grün , a song by the Austrian pop singer Josh
• Cordula (disambiguation)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilfried Seibicke: Historical German first name book. Berlin 1996, p. 438
2. ↑ Rosa and Volker Kohlheim: The large first name dictionary . DUDEN Mannheim 2003, p. 85
3. ↑ Sara L. Uckelmann: Concerning the name Cordelia