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Meaning uncertain, from the name of a character in medieval legend, possibly first recorded by Spanish writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. Perhaps it was derived from an older form of Spanish #corazón# "heart" (e.g., Old Spanish #coraçon#; ultimately from Latin #cor# "heart", with the hypothetic Vulgar Latin root #*coratione#, #*coraceone#) or the Greek name CHRYSANTHE. As a nickname it was used by a mistress of King Henry IV of France: Diane d'Andoins (1554-1620), #la Belle Corisande#. Some usage may be generated by Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera 'Amadis' (1684; based on Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo), in which it belongs to the lover of the prince Florestan. The name was also used by Benjamin Disraeli for a character in his play 'Lothair' (1870).