Gorrie as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Gorrie

What is the meaning of the name Gorrie ?

The baby name Gorrie is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced GOR-ee (IPA: /ˈɡɔːri/ or /ˈɡɔri/).

Gorrie is Irish, Scottish in Origin.

Gorrie is a Scots and Scottish Gaelic–rooted given name and surname, an Anglicised rendering of Gaelic Goraidh (also Gofraidh), a Gaelicization of Old Norse Guðrøðr/Godred used across the Norse‑Gaelic world. The sense is variously interpreted: by long-standing English equivalence with Godfrey it is glossed “God’s peace,” while a stricter Norse analysis points to guð “god, divine” + ráð “counsel,” yielding “divine counsel.”

It appears in medieval records of the Isles and Highlands as a personal name, later fossilising in surnames such as MacGorrie (“son of Goraidh”) and the standalone Gorrie. Modern use as a given name is rare but persists in Scottish families and the diaspora. Variant spellings include Gorry and Gorie; related Gaelic forms are Goraidh and Gofraidh; usual English equivalents are Godred and Godfrey. Sometimes mistaken for Gordie (from Gordon) or a pet form of Gregory, but it is etymologically distinct.

⚙ Gorrie barely registers. Across 3 countries, we found just 3 recorded uses of it.