Crescens

Biblical Irish Latin Literary

Of a horn Strong willed or wise. Cornelius is sometimes used as a translation of the name Conchubhar meaning High Desire. From a Roman clan name which is derived from the Latin 'cornu' meaning horn. Famous bearers – a devout centurion converted to Christianity by St Peter, a 3rd-century pope, American Cornelius Vanderbilt and a number of his descendants. A literary name from Shakespeare's Cymbeline, where it belongs to a physician. 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' A courtier.

Biblical

A thorn.

Biblical Latin

Curled. Curly-haired.

Biblical

Ethiopians, blackness.

Biblical

Ethiopians, blackness.