Cory

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. As an Irish surname it comes from Ó Comhraidhe (descendant of Comhraidheh).

Notable people or fictional characters named Cory include

 * 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 Christian musician and worship pastor
 * Cory Bent (born 1997), English footballer
 * Cory Booker (born 1969), United States senator 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 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 union footballer
 * Cory Kennedy (model) (born 1990), American model
 * Cory Kennedy (skateboarder), American professional skateboarder
 * Cory La Quay, American drummer of the post-hardcore band A Skylit Drive
 * Cory Lerios (born 1951), American pianist and vocalist
 * Cory Leslie (born 1989), American steeplechase runner
 * Cory Lidle (1972–2006), American baseball player
 * Cory Marks, Canadian country rock singer
 * Cory McGrath (born 1979), Australian rules 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 league footballer
 * Cory Pecker (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Cory Philpot (born 1970), Canadian Football League player
 * Cory Quirino (born 1953), Filipino TV host
 * Cory Redding (born 1980), American National Football League 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 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 also known as "Mr. Safety"
 * Cory DeVante Williams (born 1992), American YouTube personality also known as "CoryxKenshin"
 * Cory Witherill (born 1971), American race car driver
 * Cory Wong (born c. 1985), American guitarist

Surname

 * Annie Sophie Cory (1868–1952), English author
 * Asa Howe Cory (1814–1892), American Civil War captain
 * Arthur Cory, American politician
 * Charles B. Cory (1857–1921), American ornithologist and golfer
 * Clifford Cory (1859–1941), Welsh coal owner and Liberal Party 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 ship-owner
 * Judith A. Cory, Oscar-nominated makeup artist
 * Kate Cory (1861–1958), American photographer and painter of Hopi
 * Peter Cory (1925–2020), judge on the Supreme Court of Canada
 * Robert Cory, English churchman and professor of moral philosophy
 * William Johnson Cory (1823–1892), English educator and poet
 * William Wallace Cory (1865–1943), Canadian politician

Nickname

 * Corazon Aquino (1933–2009), Filipino politician and former president of the Philippines

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