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Cordelia

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Cordelia
GenderFeminine
Language(s)English
Origin
Word/nameuncertain; possibly related to the word cordial (literally "heartfelt, from the heart")
Meaningallegedly "heart" or "daughter of the sea(-god)", Jewel of the Sea (Welsh)
Other names
Nickname(s)Delia, Dilly, Rory, Cordy, Lia, Danny
Related namesCordeilla, 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]

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Fictional characters

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  • A supposed anglicization of Creiddylad, the name of a character in Welsh mythology
  • Cordelia (King Lear), a central character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear
  • Cordelia, the character who is the object of seduction in Kierkegaard's The Seducer's Diary (a long section in his book Either/Or)
  • Cordelia, the main character of the eponymous Dutch adult comic strip by Belgian cartoonist "ILAH" (Inge Heremans)
  • Cordelia, character in James Lapine and William Finn's 1990 off-Broadway musical Falsettoland and later its two Broadway revivals, renamed Falsettos
  • Cordelia Frost, character in MARVEL's "Emma Frost" comics, Emma's sister
  • Cordelia, wife of Dan Mulligan in a series of musicals written and produced by Edward Harrigan

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References

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  1. ^ Uckelman, Sara L. (21 January 2007). "Concerning the Name Cordelia". MedievalScotland.org. Retrieved 5 January 2013.