The cornell Surname
cornell Name Meaning and History
- Americanized form of any of the numerous Continental European surnames derived from Latin Cornelius (see Cornelius), for example French Corneille or German Kornel.
- Swedish: Latinized form of Horn, meaning ‘horn’; probably a soldier’s name.
- English: reduced form of Cornwell or of Cornhill, a habitational name from a place in Northumberland named Cornhill, from Old English corn, a metathesized form of cron, cran ‘crane’ + halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’; or from Cornhill in London, a medieval grain exchange, named with Old English corn ‘corn’, ‘grain’ + hyll ‘hill’, or from some other place elsewhere similarly named.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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