Comments for the name Cory

The name Cory started as an Irish surname. It is derived from the Greek "corys", meaning "Helmet". It also means "The Chosen one" in Germanic languages.

I'm pretty sure it's NOT derived from the Greek.

I have read that the name is Irish meaning Hollow. This is a nice name for a boy.

Cory Spedding is a young English singer, who represented United Kingdom in the Junior eurovision song contest in 2004 with the beautiful song "The best is yet to come" and became second best.

Kyle Massey portrays the character "Cory Baxter", from That's So Raven, and the spin-off, Cory In The House.

UK birth records bring up two variants, Coryton and Coryndon, both place names, so they're probably also sources for its English usage.

The name Cory is actually Greek, English, Irish, French, and Latin.

I cannot imagine a grown man with this name.

Reminds me of a bad boy for some reason but it's an alright name.

Cory is taken from the root word for heart in Latin "cor": the Medieval Latin word cor (heart; mind, soul) which was derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "kerd-". This Latin word is the one which gave the Romance languages their words for heart: French - coeur; Spanish - corazón; Portuguese - coração; Italian - cuore; Provençal - cor. So, the English meaning for Cory is heart, tender hearted, brave hearted.

Cory Monteith is a Canadian actor and musician, known for the role of Finn Hudson in the TV show Glee.

This was going to be my name if I had been a boy. My name was going to be Cory Donovan, and then I ended up being a girl. My parents had one more kid together who they named Ryan Keith and then my dad had a son with my step mom who he named... Cory Donovan. That kid is connected to me for life.
This name is cool in that it's one of those names you can have fun spelling. Cory, Coree, Corey, Kori, all sorts of stuff.

It can also be either gender.