Given name & surname
Corday
“one who is well-prepared”
Corday is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who is well-prepared.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who is well-prepared.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Corday through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 193
- 193 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 238 as a first name in 2020; 179 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Corday’s family of names
Corday has a related form in Cordell. Corday has a related form in Cordae. Corday has a related form in Cordai.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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