Korey as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Korey

What is the meaning of the name Korey ?

The baby name Korey is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KOR-ee (IPA: /ˈkɔːri/).

Korey is English in Origin.

Korey is a modern English given name, a respelling of Corey/Cory. The underlying surname and forename draw on several roots: Irish O Comhraidhe ('descendant of Comhraidhe'), Scottish Gaelic coire 'hollow, cauldron' found in Highland place-names (corrie), and the Old Norse personal name Kori of uncertain meaning. The initial K reflects 20th-century American taste for sharper spellings and sometimes invites a loose association with Greek Kore ('maiden,' epithet of Persephone) via Cora, though this is secondary.

Used in the United States and other Anglophone countries since the mid-1900s, Korey rose sharply in the 1980s-90s, chiefly as a masculine name but with steady unisex use. Variant forms include Corey, Cory, Kory, Kori, Cori, and Corie; feminine-leaning spellings are often Kori/Cori. Short forms are rare beyond Ko or Cor. Meanings cited for the name cluster around 'hollow/ravine' from Gaelic coire or 'descendant of Comhraidhe,' with Norse links remaining speculative.