Corey
An English surname from Old Norse from the Old Norse given name Kóri, itself perhaps…An English surname from Old Norse from the Old Norse given name Kóri, itself perhaps from Old Irish Cuire, from cuire (“troop, host, company”), from Proto-Celtic *koryos (“army, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”).
UK/ˈkɔː.ɹi/US/ˈkɔ.ɹi/
Meaning
4 sensesAn English surname from Old Norse from the Old Norse given name Kóri, itself perhaps from Old Irish Cuire, from cuire (“troop, host, company”), from Proto-Celtic *koryos (“army, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”).
A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Comhraidhe (Curry).
A male given name transferred from the surname.
(rare)A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Cori.