Given name & surname
Kor
“official inspector”·“wheelbarrow, hand-truck”
Kor is a surname with more than one origin. It is used in English and Turkish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a German surname, it goes back to a word meaning “official inspector.” As a Dutch surname, it goes back to a word meaning “wheelbarrow, hand-truck.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Kor has more than one origin: as a German surname, it comes from Middle High German kur; as a Dutch surname, it goes back to a word meaning “wheelbarrow, hand-truck”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Kor as a surname is a short form of Konrad.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 5 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 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 198 as a first name in 2020; 611 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.
Kor’s family of names
In English usage, Kor as a surname is a short form of Konrad. In English usage, Kor as a surname has a related form in CAW. In Greek usage, Kor as a surname is a transliteration of Κορ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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