Female first name (German): Cornell, Latin (Roman family); cornu = horn; information to the male form of Cornelius, a Roman family name, perhaps underlying the word "cornu" (horn), spread through the veneration of St.. Cornelius, pope 251-253 Male first name (English): Cornell, Latin (Roman family); cornu = horn and the word "cornu" (horn is based on, distributed through the veneration of St.), perhaps from an old Roman family name, the. Cornelius, Pope 251-253