{{other uses}} {{Infobox given name2 | name = Cory | image= | image_size= | caption= | gender = Unisex | language = Greek, Nordic, Gaelic | meaning = Maiden, In a cauldron, In a Hollow, Descendant of Comhraidheh | related names = Corey, Cora, Coire, Corie, Corrie, Curry, Correy, Cori, Kory, Khouri, Kori, Korie }} As a given name, '''Cory''' is used by both males and females. It is a variation of the name Cora, meaning "(the) Maiden", which is a title of the goddess Persephone. The name also can have origins from the Gaelic word ''coire'', which means "in a cauldron", or "in a hollow".
As a surname, it has a number of possible derivations, including an Old Norse personal name Kori of uncertain meaning, which is found in Scandinavia and England.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford Names Companion|last=Hanks|first=Patrick|author-link=Patrick Hanks |author2=Flavia Hodges |author3=A. D. Mills |author4=Adrian Room|year=2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|page=143}}</ref> As an Irish surname it comes from Ó Comhraidhe (descendant of Comhraidheh).<ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford Names Companion|last=Hanks|first=Patrick|author-link=Patrick Hanks |author2=Flavia Hodges |author3=A. D. Mills |author4=Adrian Room |author4-link=Adrian Room |year=2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|page=143}}</ref>
==Notable people or fictional characters named Cory include==
{{TOC right}} * Cory Aldridge (born 1979), American baseball player * Cory Alexander (born 1973), American basketball player * Cory Arcangel (born 1978), American digital artist * Cory Asbury (born 1985), American musician and pastor * Cory Barlog (born 1975), American video game developer. * Cory Bent (born 1997), English footballer * Cory Booker (born 1969), American politician from New Jersey * Cory Bowles (born 1973), Canadian actor and choreographer * Cory Cadden (1969–2017), Canadian ice hockey player * Cory Carr (born 1975), American-Israeli basketball player * Cory Conacher (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player * Cory Cory-Wright (1838–1909), British businessman * Cory Cotton (born 1987), writer and member of the American sports conglomerate Dude Perfect * Cory Cyrenne (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player * Cory Doctorow (born 1971), Canadian journalist and author * Cory Doran (born 1982), Canadian voice actor * Cory Edwards, American writer and director * Cory Everson (born 1958), American bodybuilder and actress * Cory Finley, American screenwriter, playwright, and director * Cory Fong (born 1972), American public servant * Cory Gearrin (born 1986), American baseball player * Cory Gibbs (born 1980), American association footballer * Cory Hardrict (born 1979), American actor * Cory Henry (born 1987), American pianist, organist and singer-songwriter * Cory Jane (born 1983), New Zealand rugby player * Cory Kennedy (model) (born 1990), American model * Cory Kennedy (skateboarder), American skateboarder * Cory La Quay, American drummer, A Skylit Drive * Cory Lerios (born 1951), American pianist and vocalist * Cory Leslie (born 1989), American steeplechase runner * Cory Lewis (born 2000), American baseball player * Cory Lidle (1972–2006), American baseball player * Cory Marks, Canadian singer * Cory McGrath (born 1979), Australian footballer * Cory Monteith (1982–2013), Canadian actor * Cory Morgan (ice hockey) (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player * Cory Morrow (born 1972), American singer-songwriter * Cory Nelms (born 1988), American football player * Cory Paterson (born 1987), Australian rugby player * Cory Pecker (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player * Cory Philpot (born 1970), Canadian football player * Cory Quirino (born 1953), Filipino TV host * Cory Redding (born 1980), American football player * Cory Rooney, American songwriter and record producer * Cory Sarich (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player * Cory Schlesinger (born 1972), American footballer * Cory Spangenberg (born 1991), American baseball player * Cory Spinks (born 1978), American boxer * Cory Stillman (born 1973), Canadian ice hockey player * Cory Sullivan (born 1979), American baseball player * Cory Trice (born 2000), American football player * Cory Vidanes (born 1962), Filipina executive and businesswoman * Cory Wade (born 1983), American baseball player * Cory Walker (born 1980), American comic book artist * Cory Wells (1941–2015), American singer * Cory T. Williams, American attorney and Democratic politician * Cory Williams (born 1981), American YouTube personality * Cory DeVante Williams (born 1992), American YouTube personality * Cory Witherill (born 1971), American race car driver * Cory Wong (born {{circa|1985}}), American guitarist
== Surname == * Annie Sophie Cory (1868–1952), English author * Asa Howe Cory (1814–1892), American soldier * Arthur Cory (1880–1974), American politician * Charles B. Cory (1857–1921), American ornithologist and golfer * Clifford Cory (1859–1941), Welsh coal owner and politician * Donald Webster Cory, pen name of Edward Sagarin (1913–1986) * Eleanor Cory (born 1943), American composer * Fanny Cory, American illustrator of the ''Little Miss Muffet'' comic book * Florence Elizabeth Cory (1851–1902), American industrial designer and school founder * George Cory (historian) (1862–1935), South African chemist and historian * George Norton Cory (1874–1968), Canadian Lieutenant-General * J. Campbell Cory (1867–1925), American cartoonist * John Cory (1828–1910), British philanthropist, coal-owner, and shipowner * John M. Cory (1914–1988), American librarian * Judith A. Cory, Oscar-nominated makeup artist * Kate Cory (1861–1958), American photographer and painter * Peter Cory (1925–2020), Canadian jurist * Robert Cory, English churchman and moral philosopher * William Johnson Cory (1823–1892), English educator and poet * William Wallace Cory (1865–1943), Canadian politician
== Nickname == * Corazon Aquino (1933–2009), Filipino politician and president
==Fictional characters== * Cory Baxter, from the TV series ''That's So Raven'' and ''Cory in the House'' * Cory Dollanganger, from the 1979 novel ''Flowers in the Attic'' by V. C. Andrews * Cory Ellison, from the TV series ''The Morning Show'' * Cory Matthews, from the TV series ''Boy Meets World'' and ''Girl Meets World'' * Cory Maxson, from the play ''Fences'', by August Wilson * "Richard Cory", the subject of an 1897 poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson * The Cory family, from the soap opera ''Another World''
==See also== * Corey * Corie, given name * Corrie (given name) * Corrie (surname) * Kory (given name) * Kory (disambiguation), includes a list of people with the surname Kory
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