Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Feminine Usage English (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare), East Frisian (Rare), German (Modern, Rare), French (Modern), Dutch Pronounced Pron. NEE-lee-ə(English) NEEL-yə(English) [key] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 3/25/2008 by Avgvst Edited 8/18/2020 by Frollein Gladys Meaning & History Short form of CORNELIA.