Given name & surname
Ory
“surrounded by the light of truth”
Ory is a variant of Ori. One Hebrew interpretation is “surrounded by the light of truth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ory is a variant of Ori. One Hebrew interpretation is “surrounded by the light of truth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ory is a variant of Ori. An origin associated with Ori is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ory through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 147
- 147 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 22 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 8 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 249 as a first name in 2020; 1,055 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ory
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Ory, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
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“a follower of the goddess Demeter”
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