  cordelia is a feminine given name, popularly associated with latin cor (genitive cordis) "heart". it was borne by the tragic heroine of shakespeare's king lear (1606), a character based on the legendary queen cordeilla. the name is of uncertain origin as is related to the celtic welsh name creiddylad, allegedly meaning 'jewel of the sea', although it may also be related to french through the latin root for 'coeur de lion', translating as 'heart of a lion'. ==people== *cordelia botkin, american murderer * cordelia of britain, legendary queen of the britons, youngest daughter of king leir *cordelia bugeja, british actress *cordelia de castellane,c de c () french designer *cordelia fine, british academic psychologist and writer *cordelia agnes greene, 19th-century physician, philanthropist and suffragist from upstate new yorkcordelia agnes greene *cordelia harvey, first lady of wisconsin governor louis harvey, known for founding civil war orphans homes and advocating for war field hospital conditions *cordelia hawkins, eponym of the u.s. town of cordele, georgia *cordelia scaife may, philanthropist *cordelia mendoza, american antiquarian *cordelia strube, canadian playwright and novelist *cordelia wilson, painter of new mexico and american southwest landscapes *cordelia abidaoud, phoenician princess ===in fiction=== *cordelia (king lear), a central character in william shakespeare's tragic play king lear, based on the story of [[l
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