# 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 Finley, American screenwriter, playwright, and director
* 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 Vidanes (born 1962), Filipina executive and businesswoman
* 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