Corey - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Corey \c(o)-rey\ 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 popular female first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Corey. Click here to compare Corey with related baby names.