Corydan as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Corydan

What is the meaning of the name Corydan ?

The baby name Corydan is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced KOR-ee-dən.

Corydan is in Origin.

Corydan is a rare Anglicized variant of Corydon, the pastoral name that entered European languages from Greek Korydōn (Κορύδων). In Hellenistic idylls and, most famously, Vergil’s Eclogues (II: “Formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin”), Corydon is the stock name of a shepherd. The etymology is uncertain; it is often connected with Greek korydallos “lark,” yielding the sense “lark” or “lark-like,” though by long association it also connotes “a rustic, a shepherd.”

The spelling Corydan surfaces sporadically in early modern English records and was revived alongside Corydon in Renaissance and Arcadian literature, music, and pastoral pseudonyms, then occasionally as a given name in the 18th–19th centuries. Today it remains rare but literary. Variants include Corydon (standard), Coridon (Romance), Korydon/Koridon (transliterations), and the modern respellings Corydan and Coryden; Cory serves as a familiar short form.

⚙ Corydan does not appear in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. This usually means it's either extremely rare, a regional/traditional name not captured by official statistics, or a brand-new coinage. Use it knowing your child will almost certainly be the only one in the room.