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I slightly prefer Cordelia, but I love Cornelia almost as much.

Much prefer Cordelia, it's sweeter-sounding and has the Shakespearean association.

Cornelia, and indeed Cornelius, are popular to the point of tedium where I live. I quite like Delia and don't like Nelia, so I suppose that tips the scale to Cordelia - but the great Shakespeare heroine actually spoils it for me. Not my favourite lady.

I much prefer Cornelia. The 'd' in Cordelia sounds too hard. Plus, the 'corn' in Cornelia doesn't bother me much because I always see it in my Latin textbook.

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Question- are you pronouncing Cornelia as 'kor-NEE-lee-ah' or 'kor-NAY-lee-ah' (or neither)? I think the 'kor-NAY-lee-ah' pronunciation is much nicer (it's the one we use at school as well), but that's just my opinion :)

Cordelia: I think of the raspberry cordial, a lovely sounding drink. Also the word cordial. Both lovely things to associate with a lovely sounding name.

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Cornelia: I think of corns on the feet of an old lady named Cornelia. Sorry but Cornelia is such a dated name!

I love both... but I guess I love Cordelia a little more.
Cornelia makes me think of corn...

Cordelia sounds better to me. It's younger and more youthful and you can call her Cordy. Cornelia sounds like an older persons name to me. In fact, when I was in high school, I named a character that I played Cornelia, she was an older, Iowa woman.

Cornelia, even though the nn Cordy is totally adorable. Cornelia has more of an old-world regality and sweetness to it.

That one letter makes all the difference! Cornelia is corny while Cordelia is exotic and mysterious. I can picture a precocious little freckle-faced girl or a mature, sophisticated woman. And as a plus, Cordelia looks so lovely written down.

I prefer Cordelia. It's really pretty and sophisticated.

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The Corn- part of Cornelia bothers me. If it weren't for that, I'd probably like it more.

I used to prefer Cordelia since it's the prettier one, but Cornelia has been growing on me. It sounds warmer and earthier than uppity Cordelia.

I prefer Cornelia, which is dustier and more evocative than Cordelia. However, I love Cordelia as well.

Cordelia. I can't get past the "corn" in Cornelia.

Cornelia. To me, the "deal" part of Cordelia sounds pretty silly, as in Amelia-Bedelia silly.

Definitely Cordelia! Cornelia, may get the nn of Corny, which is very unappealing.

I like both, but I prefer Cordelia. The "corn" part of Cornelia bothers me slightly.

It's always so hard for me to choose. At the moment, I'm liking Cornelia because I like the nn "Nell", but I do also love Shakespearean connection of Cordelia.

I like Cordelia slightly more. But I really like the masculine version of Cornelia, Cornelius.

Cordelia hands down. Cornelia starts with "corn." :-(

Cordelia! Brideshead Revisited and King Lear won me over.

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Cornelia = corn.

I like them both, but I prefer Cordelia slightly more, because I would really cringe at someone calling Cornelia "Corny" for short.

Cordelia - It just sounds prettier

Cordelia. I think the "corn" part of Cornelia throws me a little. I like it but I like Cordelia better bc it has no ugly part :)

I like Cordelia more than Cornelia - I don't like the 'corn' sound. Cornelia also seems very cold to me whereas Cordelia is warmer although I still don't like it a whole lot