Given name & surname
Torey
“new; just discovered”·“victorious woman; winner; conqueror”·“victory”
Torey is a variant of Torny. One interpretation is “new; just discovered.” Torey is a variant of Tory. In American use, Tory carries the interpretation “victorious woman; winner; conqueror.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Torey is a variant of Torny. One interpretation is “new; just discovered.” Torey is a variant of Tory. In American use, Tory carries the interpretation “victorious woman; winner; conqueror.” In English use, Torey is a diminutive of Victoria. The Latin word victoria means “victory,” the central association carried by the name.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Torey is a diminutive of Victoria. Victoria is used in English and Spanish and is connected with the Latin name Victorius.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Torey is a diminutive of Victoria. In English use, Torey is a diminutive of Victoria. The shared background comes through Victoria: Victoria can be understood as the feminine form of Victorius. Victoria may also reflect direct use of the Latin word for victory; the two paths are closely related but not identical.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Torey is a diminutive of Victoria. The history of Victoria gives this family its wider story. Queen Victoria’s accession in 1837 made the name more familiar in England. Wider popularity among the British public came much later, during the twentieth century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Torey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,394
- 2,973 boys · 1,421 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 185 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,623 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −49%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 96% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,623 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 46.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 123 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,470 as a first name in 2020; 117 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Torey’s family of names
In English usage, Torey is a diminutive of Victoria. Torey has a related form in Tory. Torey has a related form in Torry.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Torey
- Torey KrugAmerican ice hockey playerborn 1991
- Torey HaydenChild psychologist, teacher, lecturer and non-fiction writerborn 1951
- Torey ThomasAmerican basketball player (born 1985)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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