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Cori

Cori: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“maiden”
Origin
Greek
Say it
KOR-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (91% of all uses)

Cori is usually a spelling variant of Corey/Cory or a short form of Corinne/Cora. As a feminine form it is often linked with Greek kore, 'maiden,' though usage varies.

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How popular is Cori?

202437.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Cori in 2024122

2024 rank#1,764 girls

Peak year1977

Total US babies since 188013,324

Cori has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Cori

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Coreyfrom the hollow · Unknown
  • Koriuncertain; also chestnut in Japanese · Unknown
  • Coryfrom Corey; uncertain · Unknown
  • Koreyfrom the hollow · Irish
  • Koryfrom Corey; hollow · Greek
  • Sophiawisdom · Greek
  • Sofiawisdom · Greek
  • Chloeyoung green shoot · Greek

Cori questions

What does the name Cori mean?

Cori means "maiden". It comes from Greek. Cori is usually a spelling variant of Corey/Cory or a short form of Corinne/Cora. As a feminine form it is often linked with Greek kore, 'maiden,' though usage varies.

Is Cori a boy or girl name?

Cori is mainly a girl's name in US records (91% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Cori?

122 US babies were named Cori in 2024. Its peak year was 1977.

How do you pronounce Cori?

Cori is usually pronounced KOR-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.