Meaning & Origin
An English surname from Old Norse, a variant of Corey.
Cory is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old Norse origin, a variant of Corey, from the Old Norse surname Kori — possibly meaning 'God's peace' or derived from an Old Norse personal name of uncertain meaning. It became a popular American given name in the late 20th century.
Cory had its U.S. peak in the 1980s and is closely associated with that decade's TV culture — most memorably through Boy Meets World's Cory Matthews. The spelling splits evenly between Cory and Corey depending on family tradition.