Corny as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Corny

What is the meaning of the name Corny ?

The baby name Corny is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KOR-nee (IPA: /ˈkɔːrni/ or /ˈkɔrni/).

Corny is Latin in Origin.

Corny is a pet form of Cornelius or Cornelia, a name of Roman origin borne by the gens Cornelia. Its precise etymology is uncertain, though it is commonly linked with Latin cornu, "horn." The name gained Christian currency through Saint Cornelius, a third-century pope and martyr, and through the New Testament centurion Cornelius (Acts 10), revered as the first Gentile convert.

As a nickname Corny appears in English, Dutch, and German records, and in Ireland it serves as a familiar for Cornelius, itself long used as an Anglicized stand-in for Conchobhar (Conor). The pet form saw most visibility in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and is rarely used independently today, partly because corny in English means "trite." Variants and cognates include Cornelis/Kees/Cor and Korneel (Dutch/Flemish), Cornelio (Spanish/Italian), Kornél (Hungarian), Kornel (Polish/Slovak), Kornelijus (Lithuanian), Kornei/Korniliy (Russian), and feminine Cornelia (with diminutives Conny/Connie). Related nicknames: Cor, Connie, Neil, Nelius, Corky, and Corney.