Cory
English
Etymology
An English patronymic surname derived from an Old Norse given name Kori of uncertain meaning. In Ireland Anglicised from Irish Ó Comhraidhe, "descendant of Comhraidhe", a name with equally uncertain meaning.
Proper noun
Cory
- A surname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 2005 Robert L. Fried, The Game of School, Jossey-bass, →ISBN, page 42:
- On another poster are the names of the new class — unusual names (at least to me) like Wen Qi, Elijah, Yoav, Noni, Koray, Cai Ying and Julissa, along with more common names like Cory, Betty, Tammy, Jordan, Jeffrey, and Andrew.
- 2005 Robert L. Fried, The Game of School, Jossey-bass, →ISBN, page 42:
- (less common than the male name) A female given name transferred from the surname, also a pet form of Cora, Corinne and similar sounding names.
- 1991 Clark D. Neher, Southeast Asia in the New International Era, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 58:
- Corazon "Cory" Aquino, the widow of the martyred Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., emerged as the person around whom all the oppositionists could coalesce.
- 1998 Robyn Amos, Into the Night, →ISBN, page 61:
- I went to high school with a girl named Corrine, though, and everyone called her Cory —
- 1991 Clark D. Neher, Southeast Asia in the New International Era, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 58:
References
Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges : A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press 1988.
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