Kori

Where Kori comes from

20th century American variant of Cory.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kori
  • Vowel-ended
Kori through the years
  1. 1953
    First appearance
    #5,673 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1977
    Kori Rae born
    American film producer
  3. 1992
    Kori Carter born
    American hurdler
  4. 2016
    Peak, #631
    475 babies named Kori, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Kori Carter · American hurdler, born 1992
  • Kori Rae · American film producer, born 1977

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.