Given name & surname
Corydon
“one who is ready for battle”
Corydon is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “one who is ready for battle.”
Original Ancient GreekΚόρυδος
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who is ready for battle.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In English usage, Corydon developed from Κόρυδος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Corydon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 190
- 190 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 9 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 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 252 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Corydon’s family of names
In English usage, Corydon developed from the Ancient Greek form Κόρυδος. Corydon has a related form in Coridan. Corydon has a related form in Coriden.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Corrydonlikely variant
- Coridynvariant
- Corydynvariant
- Coridinvariant
- Corydinvariant
- Coridenvariant
- Corydenvariant
- Coridanvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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