Cornwallis as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Cornwallis

What is the meaning of the name Cornwallis ?

The baby name Cornwallis is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /kɔːrˈnɔːlɪs/; respelling: kor-NOR-lis.

Cornwallis is English in Origin.

Cornwallis is an English surname-turned-given name deriving from Anglo-Norman le Cornwaleys, literally “the Cornishman,” meaning a person from Cornwall. The place-name Cornwall goes back to Brittonic Cornovii “horn people/peninsula dwellers” combined with Old English wealas “Britons/foreigners,” so Cornwallis ultimately denotes Cornish identity.

As a forename it saw occasional Anglophone use from the 17th to 19th centuries, often honoring the prominent aristocratic house of Cornwallis; bearers include Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden, and the surname is famed through Charles, 1st Marquess Cornwallis. Usage today is very rare and chiefly masculine, sometimes adopted as a distinctive middle name. Variant spellings and related forms include Cornwall, Cornwalis, Cornwalleis, Cornwaleys, and Cornwallys; Wallis and Wally serve as informal short forms. The name signals heritage, geography, and a patrician, historical British tone.

⚙ Cornwallis is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Cornwallis appears only 1 time in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.