Rory (given name)

Rory
Pronunciation (ROR ee)
Gender male
Origin
Word/name Gaelic
Region of origin Ireland, Scotland
Other names
Related names from Ruairi (Ruaridh, Ruaidhrí, Ruairí, Ruairidh, Ruaraidh)
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Rory is a masculine given name of an Irish and Scottish origin.[1] It is an Anglicised form of the Irish Gaelic name Ruaidhrí/Ruairí ("red king"), the name of medieval Irish kings Ruaidrí na Saide Buide and Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, and the Scottish Gaelic Ruairidh/Ruaraidh.[2]

Since the 1960s in the USA, the name has occasionally been given to females, notably to Rory Kennedy (b. 1968), daughter of Robert F. Kennedy.

Variations

Old Irish Modern Irish Hiberno-English Scottish Gaelic Scottish English
Ruaidhrí Ruairí Rory Ruairidh Rory

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References

  1. ↑ "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 7 April 2010. which cited A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280050-7. for the given name "Rory".
  2. ↑ Martin-Doyle, Katie (1999). Treasury of Baby Names. Cambridge, UK: Worth Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-903025-11-6. Anglicised form of the Irish Gaelic names Ruaidhri, Ruari, and the Scottish Gaelic Ruairidh and Ruaraidh

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