Given name & surname
Jory
“one who works the earth; a farmer”·“flowing down”
Jory is a variant of Jorgina. In English use, Jorgina carries the interpretation “one who works the earth; a farmer.” Jory is a variant of Jordan. One interpretation is “flowing down.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jory is a variant of Jorgina. In English use, Jorgina carries the interpretation “one who works the earth; a farmer.” Jory is a variant of Jordan. One interpretation is “flowing down.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jory is a variant of Jordan. An origin associated with Jordan is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jory through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,943
- 3,223 boys · 720 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 152 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #4,614 for boys · #10,471 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 53% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,614 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 123 in 1989. It also appeared in 9 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,159 as a first name in 2020; 493 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.
Jory’s family of names
Jory has a related form in Jordan. In Danish usage, Jory has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jorge. Jory has a related form in Jorgina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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