Korey
- Pronunciation
- [Ko-rey]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Not recorded
- Origin
- English
Korey is a name traditionally given to a boy of English origin. Our sources do not preserve a single agreed-upon literal translation for this particular name, so we list its meaning as unrecorded rather than guess at one. Browse more English baby names or search the full library by meaning.
About the Name Korey
Korey is a modern English respelling within the well-loved family of Cory and Corey, names traditionally traced to the Gaelic and Norse worlds and often connected to the sense of a hollow, a ravine, or a cauldron. The initial K and the -ey ending give this version a relaxed, casual edge, recasting a familiar sound in a fresher visual form rather than introducing any new meaning of its own. The spelling is the statement here; the sound is reassuringly familiar.
It rode the wave of laid-back, friendly boys' names that favored approachability over formality — the kind of choice that feels easygoing on the playground and on the page alike. Its many sibling spellings allowed parents to pick exactly the look that suited them, while everyone arrived at the same warm, two-syllable name. Korey reads as down-to-earth and good-natured, a name without pretension.
As a boys' name, Korey entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and reached its peak in 2001 at #700. It remained in the rankings only through 2006, when it sat at #991, and across its tracked years it accounted for 1,487 births among the top-1000 — a brief moment concentrated in the early 2000s. Recorded variants include Corie, Correy, Corrie, Corry, and Cory, a close-knit family of spellings for one easygoing sound.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Korey
US Popularity History (2000–2006)
Annual US births named Korey by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2001 with 256 boys named Korey (boy rank #700 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2006, ranked #991 for boys (188 US births). That's 291 places below its 2001 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corie | Variant Of Cory Meaning Variously - From The Round Hill: Seething Pool: Ravine | Female | English |
| Correy | Variant Of Corey Hill Hollow. | Male | Irish |
| Corrie | Variant Of Cory Meaning Variously - From The Round Hill: Seething Pool: Ravine | Female | English |
| Corry | Variant Of Cory Meaning Variously - From The Round Hill: Seething Pool: Ravine | Female | Irish |
| Cory | Hill: Hollow. | Male | English |
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