Jory

Where Jory comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jory.

  • Vowel-ended
Jory through the years
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #3,733 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1963
    Jory Vinikour born
    American musician
  3. 1973
    Peak, #753
    113 babies named Jory, its best rank.
  4. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,099.
  5. 1975
    Jory Prum born
    American recording engineer
  6. 2025
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Jory Vinikour · American musician, born 1963
  • Jory Prum · American recording engineer, 1975–2016

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.