Cordelia

Cordelia

William Frederick Yeames, Cordelia, 1888
Gender	Feminine
Language(s)	English
Origin
Word/name	uncertain; possibly related to the word cordial (literally "heartfelt, from the heart")
Meaning	allegedly "heart" or "daughter of the sea(-god)", Jewel of the Sea (Welsh)
Other names
Nickname(s)	Delia, Dilly, Rory, Cordy, Lia, Danny
Related names	Cordeilla, Cordélia, Cordell, Cordilla, Cordoylla, Cordula, Creurdilad

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.^[1] 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".^{[citation needed]}