Corey

Where Corey comes from

The dictionaries list Corey as a given name — 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”) — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1919
    First appearance
    #4,168 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1973
    Corey Taylor born
    American musician
  3. 1976
    Corey Stoll born
    American stage and screen actor
  4. 1977
    Peak, #52
    6,041 babies named Corey — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #135.
In the dictionary
  • 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”).
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Cori.
Namesakes
  • Corey Taylor · American musician, born 1973
  • Corey Stoll · American stage and screen actor, born 1976
  • Corey Haim · Canadian actor, 1971–2010
  • Corey Feldman · American actor and musician, born 1971
  • Corey Hawkins · American actor, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.