Corey - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Corey \c(o)-

, also used as boy's name Corey, is pronounced KOR-ee. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "the hollow". Place name used as surname. Corrie and Corre are Scottish surnames. Cori is also used as a prefix in contemporary blended names. Author Corrie ten Boom.

Corey has 15 variant forms: Cory, Cori, Coriann, Corianne, Corie, Corri, Corrianna, Corrie, Corry, Cory, Kori, Korie, Korrey, Korri and Korry.

For more information, see also related names Cora and Kora.

Baby names that sound like Corey are Carey, Korey, Correy and Coree.

Corey is a very common first name for women (#1379 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#2201 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl name Corey. Compare Corey with its variant forms and related girl names.

[Top]