Cory

The name traces primarily to the Gaelic surname Corra, meaning a hollow or spear, alongside Old Norse roots through the personal name Kári. In the United States, it also developed as an independent offshoot of Cornelius. Federal records first logged the name in 1924, after which it drifted quietly until late-twentieth-century parents favored snappy, two-syllable choices ending in a vowel.

The name reads as an agreeable late-eighties staple, usually equipped with a baseball cap worn backward and a mountain bike. A Cory is readily imagined somewhere between a soccer pitch and a mid-aughts help desk. With an average age hovering around thirty-nine, the name has largely moved from high school hallways into thirty-something home improvement aisles. It sits comfortably in the middle of roll call, rarely causing administrative confusion.