# Cordula (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cordula/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “heart” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 21 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 21 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Late Latin Cordula, name of a companion of Saint Ursula, associated with Latin cor (“heart”) (genitive singular cordis).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 5 | 4,422 |
| 1916 | 5 | 4,559 |
| 1919 | 6 | 4,359 |
| 1926 | 5 | 4,984 |

## In other languages

- Spanish: Córdula, Cordule
- Catalan: Còrdula
- Czech: Kordula
- French: Cordule, Cordula
- German: Cordula, Kordula
- Polish: Kordula

## People named Cordula

- Cordula Trantow, German film director
- Cordula, Catholic saint
- Cordula Stratmann, German comedian

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.