Kori: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “uncertain; also chestnut in Japanese”
- Origin
- Unknown
- Say it
- KOR-ee · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls (91% of all uses)
Kori has multiple origins in use: often a modern variant of Corey/Cory in English, but it also exists as a Japanese name element with different meanings depending on characters. Exact etymology for this spelling is uncertain. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.
How popular is Kori?
Babies named Kori in 2024325
2024 rank#893 girls
Peak year2021
Total US babies since 188016,097
Kori is rising: use over the last five years is 1.5× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Kori
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Kori questions
What does the name Kori mean?
Kori means "uncertain; also chestnut in Japanese". It comes from Unknown. Kori has multiple origins in use: often a modern variant of Corey/Cory in English, but it also exists as a Japanese name element with different meanings depending on characters. Exact etymology for this spelling is uncertain.
Is Kori a boy or girl name?
Kori is mainly a girl's name in US records (91% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Kori?
325 US babies were named Kori in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.
How do you pronounce Kori?
Kori 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.