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What does Corey mean?
Corey 
▼ as a boys' name (also used less commonly as girls' name Corey) is pronounced KOR-ee. It is of Old Norse origin. From an English surname derived from an Old Norse personal name Kori. Of uncertain meaning. It may also derive from the Germanic name Godfrey meaning "God-peace". Also used as a diminutive for Cor- names. Common as a Black name. The name became popular in the 1960s due to the character Corey Baker on the television series "Julia". See also Kory.
STARTS WITH Cor-
ASSOCIATED WITH norse, surname, old, peace, black (dark), popular (famous)
Variations
VARIANTS Cor, Coree, Coreonte, Corie, Corley, Correy, Corrick, Corrie, Corry, Cory▼, Currie, Curry, Korey▼, Kori, Kory▼
RELATED FORMS VIA GODFREY, KORY Korrey, Korry
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Coro, ..
(female) Coro, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Corey Tzvi (C.T.), ..
How popular is Corey?
Corey is a very prominent first name for men (#182 out of 1220, Top 15%) and also a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#2149 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Corey was first listed in 1940-1949 and reached its apex position of #56 in the U.S. in the year 1990, and is at #469 currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Corie, Correy, Corrie, Corry, Cory (#904 FROM RECENT DATA), Curry, Godfrey, Korey (#1882), Kori and Kory are the prominent alternative forms of Corey (#469). Adoption of these relations of Corey was more pronounced 3 decades ago (MEDIAN #1266) and is now much diminished (#1750, ▼92.8%).
Similar Names
Corey▼ is alike in pronunciation to Carew, Carewe, Carey▼, Carrey, Cary▼, Courey, Cowrey, Cowrie, Cowry, Currey, Curro, Kerrey, Kerry▼, Korrey and Korry. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bogey, Carel, Carley, Carney, Casey▼, Cobby, Cobey, Coby▼, Codey▼, Coe, Colbey, Cole, Colet, Coley, Coney, Conley, Conroy, Conwy, Cope, Corben, Corby, Cord, Corday, Coren, Corin, Cork, Cornel, Corney, Cort, Cortes, Cortney, Corty, Corwyn, Coty▼, Covey, Coxey, Coy▼, Coye, Cree, Crew▲, Croy, Curley, Elrey, Frey, Garey, Grey▲, Jorey, Kobey, Kodey, Morey, Morley, Morrey, Roley, Rorey, Sorley, Tobey, Tomey, Toney, Torey and Torrey▼. These names tend to be less frequently used than Corey.
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