Meaning of name Cory

The name Cory has the following meaning:

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

As a baby boy name, Cory is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 306 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Cory fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 41 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 500 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Cory in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Cory is very likely a(n) English variant of the name Corey. See other suggested English baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Corey.

The following names are baby names related to Cory and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Cory: Boys - Camden, Keegan, Kenyon, Ronin, Girls - Arline, Aylin, Colleen, Deirdre, Elvie, Ena, Fidelma, Lular, Mckayla, Merna, Nealie, Both genders - Brogan, Casey, Daly, Darcy, Devin, Erin

The name Cory is a variant of Corey. Other popular variants of the name Corey are: Corea, Coree, Cori (Irish), Corie, Correa, Corree, Correy (Gaelic), Corri, Corrie, Corry (Irish), Cory (English), Currie, Curry, Korea, Koree, Korey (English), Kori (Irish), Korie, Korrea, Korree, Korrey (Gaelic), Korri, Korrie, Korry (Irish), Kory (English), Kurrie, Kurry

We think the name Cory should fall under the following style category: Short and Catchy.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Cory to be: A smart, well-learned person

In one word, you might describe Cory as a(n) "educated" person.

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