Cory (name)
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The name Cory is commonly given to both males and females. It comes from a surname which was possibly either derived from the Old Norse given name Kori (meaning "the chosen one"), or from "ravine" in Gaelic, "Hollow" in Irish, "seething pool" in Scottish, or "horn" in French. It may be translated from the word "cornell".

Alternative spellings to Cory are Corey, Corrie
Corrie (disambiguation)
-Geography:* Cirque, also called a corrie or a cwm, is a terrain feature created by glaciation in high mountains* Corrie, Arran, is a village on the Isle of Arran, Scotland-People:Surname...

, Kory, and Kori.
Cory may refer to:

Surname

  • Annie Sophie Cory
    Annie Sophie Cory
    Annie Sophie Cory was the author of popular, racy, exotic novels under the pseudonyms Victoria Cross, Vivian Cory and V.C. Griffin.-Life:...

     (1868–1952), English author
  • Asa Howe Cory
    Asa Howe Cory
    Asa Howe Cory was a captain of Company H in the 58th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:Asa Howe Cory was born in Sullivan, Tioga County, Pennsylvania...

     (1814–1892), American Civil War captain
  • Charles B. Cory
    Charles B. Cory
    Charles Barney Cory was an American ornithologist and golfer.-Biography:Cory was born in Boston. His father had made a fortune from a large import business, ensuring that his son never had to work. At the age of sixteen Cory developed an interest in ornithology and began a skin collection...

     (1857–1921), American ornithologist and golfer
  • Eleanor Cory
    Eleanor Cory
    Eleanor Cory is an American composer.Cory studied at Sarah Lawrence College, Harvard University, New England Conservatory, and Columbia University...

     (born 1943), American composer
  • Peter Cory (born 1925), Canadian judge
  • William Johnson Cory
    William Johnson Cory
    William Johnson Cory , born William Johnson, was an educator and poet, born at Torrington, and educated at Eton, where he was afterwards a renowned master, nicknamed Tute by his pupils...

     (1823–1892), English educator and poet
  • William Wallace Cory
    William Wallace Cory
    William Wallace Cory was Commissioner of the Northwest Territories from June 27, 1919 to February 17, 1931.Only the second Commissioner of the Northwest Territories to take the post, Cory inherited a region that had barely been governed during the time of his predecessor.Within months the new...

     (1865–1943), Canadian politician

Given name

  • Cory Aldridge
    Cory Aldridge
    Cory Aldridge a professional baseball player, playing outfield for the Nexen Heroes of the Korean Baseball Organization. Prior to joining Nexen, Aldridge primarily played minor league baseball in the United States...

     (born 1979), American baseball player
  • Cory Alexander
    Cory Alexander
    Cory Lynn Alexander is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA.After a career at the University of Virginia , Alexander was the 29th overall selection of the 1995 NBA Draft, chosen by the San Antonio Spurs...

     (born 1973), American basketball player
  • Cory Arcangel
    Cory Arcangel
    Cory Arcangel is a Brooklyn, New York artist who makes work in many different media, including drawing, music, video, performance,, and video game modifications, for which he is perhaps best known...

     (born 1978), American digital artist
  • Cory Booker
    Cory Booker
    Cory Anthony Booker is the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Booker is a former Newark City Councilman...

     (born 1969), Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
  • Cory Bowles
    Cory Bowles
    Cory Bowles is a Canadian actor and choreographer.Bowles was born in Montreal and raised in Truro, Nova Scotia. He is an African Nova Scotian with roots amongst Black Loyalists, Maroons and French Colonies....

     (born 1973), Canadian actor and choreographer
  • Cory Cyrenne
    Cory Cyrenne
    Cory Cyrenne is a former professional ice hockey player. He was named the Canadian Junior A Hockey Player of the Year in 1995 and received a hockey scholarship to Colorado College. He was also named the CHL's Sportsmanlike player of the year in 1998.Cyrenne was at times a controversial player...

     (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Cory Doctorow
    Cory Doctorow
    Cory Efram Doctorow is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of their licences for his books...

     (born 1971), Canadian journalist and author
  • Cory Edwards
    Cory Edwards
    Cory Edwards is a director, writer, and stand-up comedian. He is probably best known for co-directing, co-writing, and voice acting in Hoodwinked , and for co-writing and voice acting in the 2011 sequel Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil.-Career:Cory Edwards acted in his brother Todd's 1999 film...

    , American writer and director
  • Cory Everson
    Cory Everson
    Corinna Kneuer , best known by her stage name Cory Everson, is an American female bodybuilding champion and actress. She won the Ms. Olympia contest six years in a row from 1984 to 1989.-Education:...

     (born 1958), American bodybuilder and actress
  • Cory Fong
    Cory Fong
    Cory Fong is a North Dakota public servant. He is a Republican, and the current state State Tax Commissioner....

     (born 1972), American public servant
  • Cory Gibbs
    Cory Gibbs
    Cory Gibbs is an American soccer player who currently plays for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.-College and amateur:...

     (born 1980), American association footballer
  • Cory Jane
    Cory Jane
    Cory Steven Jane is a New Zealand international rugby union player.He first played for the All Blacks in 2008 and plays as a winger. In 2011 Jane was selected into the Tri Nations team as injury cover...

     (born 1983), New Zealand rugby union footballer
  • Cory Kahaney
    Cory Kahaney
    Cory Kahaney is an American comedian. She competed in the first season of NBC's reality television show Last Comic Standing.Cory was a grand finalist and runner-up in season one of NBC's Last Comic Standing. She has had her own comedy specials on both Comedy Central and HBO...

     (born 1963), American comedian
  • Cory Kennedy
    Cory Kennedy
    Cory Kennedy-Levin is an American model and Internet celebrity.- Story :Kennedy met photographer Mark Hunter at a Blood Brothers concert at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, California in the summer of 2005. He took some photographs of her for his web site and they exchanged phone numbers...

     (born 1990), American model
  • Cory La Quay, American drummer of post-hardcore band A Skylit Drive
    A Skylit Drive
    A Skylit Drive is an American post-hardcore band from Lodi, California. The band released one DVD, one EP and three studio albums: Wires...and the Concept of Breathing on May 20, 2008, Adelphia on June 9, 2009, and most recently Identity On Fire on February 15, 2011. Michael Jagmin has provided...

  • Cory Lee
    Cory Lee
    Cory Lee is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress. She is most noted for playing the role of Karma in the television series Instant Star, and Miss Oh on Degrassi.- Early life :...

     (born 1984), Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
  • Cory Lerios
    Cory Lerios
    Cory Lerios is an American pianist and vocalist noted for his fast and flowing style of playing. He is one of the founding members of the platinum-record selling rock and roll band Pablo Cruise, and for the past 30 years has scored music for film and television.-History:Cory Lerios got his first...

    , American pianist and vocalist
  • Cory Lidle
    Cory Lidle
    Cory Fulton Lidle was an Americanright-handed baseball pitcher who spent nine seasons in the major leagues with seven different teams. His twin brother Kevin Lidle also played baseball, as a catcher for several minor league teams...

     (1972–2006), former pitcher for the New York Yankees
  • Cory McGrath
    Cory McGrath
    Cory McGrath is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the Carlton and Essendon Football Clubs in the Australian Football League , South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League , South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League and the Northern...

     (born 1979), Australian rules footballer
  • Cory Monteith
    Cory Monteith
    Cory Allan Monteith is a Canadian actor and musician, best known for his role of Finn Hudson on the Fox television series Glee.-Early life:...

     (born 1982), Canadian actor
  • Cory Morrow
    Cory Morrow
    Cory Morrow is a Texas Country singer/songwriter who has gained popularity throughout the Southwest. Morrow started playing guitar at Memorial High School in Houston. He continued to develop as a musician while attending Texas Tech University, where he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity...

     (born 1972), American singer-songwriter
  • Cory Paterson
    Cory Paterson
    Cory Paterson is an Australian professional rugby league player. He currently plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League . He previously played 77 NRL matches for the Newcastle Knights...

     (born 1987), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Cory Philpot
    Cory Philpot
    Cory Philpot is a former running back for the B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League. He played college football at The University of Mississippi. He was two-time winner of the Eddie James Memorial Trophy for top rusher in 1994 and 1995...

     (born 1970), Canadian Football League player
  • Cory Quirino
    Cory Quirino
    Socorro Alicia "Cory" Quirino Rastrollo, born August 11, 1953, is a Filipina author, and television and radio host. Additionally, she is the exclusive licensee and national director of Miss World Philippines, a national pageant that searches for Philippines' representative to the Miss World...

     (born 1953), Filipino TV host
  • Cory Redding
    Cory Redding
    Cory Bartholomew Redding is an American football defensive end for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft...

     (born 1980), American NFL player
  • Cory Rooney
    Cory Rooney
    Cory Rooney is an American songwriter, record producer, and C.E.O. of Cory Rooney Group. He has written, produced, and developed many hits and careers for artists such as Mariah Carey, Mary J...

    , songwriter and record producer
  • Cory Sarich
    Cory Sarich
    Cory Sarich is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...

     (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Cory Schlesinger
    Cory Schlesinger
    Cory Schlesinger is a former American football fullback of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the sixth round of the 1995 NFL Draft...

     (born 1972), American footballer
  • Cory Spinks
    Cory Spinks
    Corey Spinks is a professional boxer. He is a former IBF Light middleweight champion, and a former Undisputed Welterweight Champion....

    , (born 1978), American boxer
  • Cory Stillman
    Cory Stillman
    Cory Stillman is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player.- Playing career :Stillman grew up in Peterborough, Ontario playing hockey for the Minor Petes program. He also played competitive baseball. In 1989–90, Stillman played for the Peterborough Roadrunners Jr.B...

     (born 1973), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Cory Sullivan
    Cory Sullivan
    Cory Sullivan is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He has previously played for the Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, Houston Astros, and Philadelphia Phillies organizations.-Personal life:...

     (born 1979), American baseball player
  • Cory Wade
    Cory Wade
    Corey Nathaniel Wade is an American professional baseball relief pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.-Amateur career:Wade attended Broad Ripple High School....

     (born 1983), American baseball player
  • Cory Walker
    Cory Walker
    Cory Walker is an American comic book artist and penciler. He is best known for work on Image Comics' Invincible a series and character he co-created with writer Robert Kirkman...

     (born 1980), American comic book artist
  • Cory Wells
    Cory Wells
    Cory Wells is an American singer, best known as one of the three lead vocalists in the band Three Dog Night.-Life and career:...

     (born 1942), American singer
  • Cory Williams
    Cory Williams
    Cory Williams , also known as "Mr. Safety" from SMP Films, is an actor and YouTube personality who lives in Thousand Oaks, California.-Biography:...

     (born 1981), internet personality
  • Cory Witherill
    Cory Witherill
    Cory Witherill is a native American Navajo race car driver from Los Angeles in the Infiniti Pro Series, Indy Racing League, and ARCA series. He made an improbable bump day run on a brand new engine to qualify for the 2001 Indianapolis 500, becoming the only full-blooded native American to race in...

     (born 1971), American race car driver
  • Cory "Bumper" Yothers, American child actor.

Fictional people

  • The Cory family, surname for various characters on Another World
  • Cory Matthews, a character on Boy Meets World
  • Cory Dollanganger, from Flowers in the Attic
    Flowers in the Attic
    Flowers in the Attic is a 1979 novel by Virginia Andrews. It is the first book in the Dollanganger Series, and was followed by Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows. The novel is written in the first person from the point of view of Cathy Dollanganger...

  • Cory Bridges, a character in Criminal Minds
    Criminal Minds
    Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...

    episode "The Popular Kids""
  • Cory Baxter, from That's So Raven, and Cory in the House.
  • Richard Cory- a song written by Paul Simon in early 1965, and recorded by Simon and Garfunkel for their second studio album, Sounds of Silence. The song was based on Edwin Arlington Robinson's 1897 poem of the same title.
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