Corey

An English surname from Old Norse from the Old Norse given name Kóri, itself perhaps from Old Irish Cuire, from cuire (“troop, host, company”), from Proto-Celtic *koryos (“army, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”).

Proper noun

  1. An English surname from Old Norse from the Old Norse given name Kóri, itself perhaps from Old Irish Cuire, from cuire (“troop, host, company”), from Proto-Celtic *koryos (“army, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”).
  2. A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Comhraidhe (Curry).
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • Miss Carroll's popularity doesn't end with her on-screen performances in the show which co-stars young Marc Copage as her precocious six-year-old son, Corey Baker, whose father Capt. Baker was killed in Vietnam. - 1968...
    • Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old volunteer fire chief, dove onto family members when the shots rang out. - 2024 July 15, Mike Wendling, “Corey Comperatore: Volunteer firefighter killed at Trump rally dived to protect...
  4. A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Cori.
    • "I'm Millicent Banning and —" she pushed Corey forward "— this is my daughter Catherine, but we all call her Corey." - 1996, Barbara Bretton, Guilty Pleasures, Mira Books, →ISBN, page 156:

Forms

Cory Kory Korey