Rory Forename
14,685th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 65,594 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland
Rory Forename Definition:
A male name. Irish Ruaidhri, a derivative of ruadh ‘red’. It is often rendered by Roger. See also Roderick.
Rory Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 91% | 25,690 | 1:14,112 | 1,334 |
| England | 100% | 10,263 | 1:5,418 | 559 |
| Ireland | 100% | 4,240 | 1:1,095 | 204 |
| Australia | - | 3,947 | 1:3,460 | 536 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3,566 | 1:15,292 | 2,312 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,468 | 1:9,554 | 1,133 |
| Egypt | 100% | 2,386 | 1:38,517 | 2,428 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,897 | 1:972 | 209 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,764 | 1:3,033 | 363 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,100 | 1:4,124 | 625 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 791 | 1:326,123 | 27,708 |
| Philippines | 82% | 728 | 1:145,617 | 7,176 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 546 | 1:30,956 | 2,526 |
| Wales | 100% | 471 | 1:6,570 | 673 |
| Thailand | 100% | 401 | 1:174,728 | 12,155 |
| Poland | 67% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Ghana | - | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Jamaica | - | 246 | 1:11,720 | 1,250 |
| Peru | 84% | 206 | 1:154,327 | 4,554 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 141 | 1:9,655 | 1,443 |
| Panama | 100% | 140 | 1:27,904 | 2,411 |
| China | - | 120 | 1:11,383,798 | 59,738 |
| Bahrain | - | 118 | 1:11,429 | 1,802 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 109 | 1:65,615 | 5,687 |
| Brazil | 100% | 108 | 1:1,983,668 | 41,944 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 108 | 1:142,813 | 9,465 |
| Germany | 85% | 98 | 1:986,509 | 7,770 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 98 | 1:308,183 | 9,667 |
| Chile | 96% | 88 | 1:200,082 | 3,687 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Qatar | 91% | 74 | 1:32,022 | 4,280 |
| Ecuador | - | 71 | 1:249,675 | 3,833 |
| France | 100% | 60 | 1:1,107,839 | 8,314 |
| Guyana | 100% | 57 | 1:13,391 | 1,879 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Italy | 98% | 52 | 1:1,174,271 | 9,730 |
| Malaysia | 90% | 50 | 1:608,999 | 24,959 |
| Colombia | 53% | 47 | 1:1,016,573 | 11,521 |
| Spain | 100% | 44 | 1:1,057,499 | 8,917 |
| Belgium | 100% | 37 | 1:310,542 | 6,180 |
| Hong Kong | - | 37 | 1:209,533 | 3,304 |
| Mexico | 73% | 36 | 1:3,448,456 | 16,185 |
| Sweden | 97% | 34 | 1:289,938 | 8,902 |
| Denmark | - | 33 | 1:171,197 | 4,043 |
| Costa Rica | 67% | 28 | 1:170,284 | 4,241 |
| Norway | 100% | 27 | 1:190,086 | 4,864 |
| Botswana | - | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Singapore | 100% | 26 | 1:241,810 | 8,930 |
| Japan | - | 23 | 1:5,564,611 | 28,571 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 21 | 1:3,016 | 423 |
| India | 77% | 21 | 1:57,851,332 | 943,988 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 20 | 1:300,917 | 6,429 |
| Barbados | - | 19 | 1:15,252 | 1,318 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Iceland | - | 18 | 1:20,334 | 1,387 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Russia | 67% | 16 | 1:9,014,606 | 35,676 |
| Switzerland | 75% | 15 | 1:547,566 | 8,396 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 14 | 1:757,243 | 3,090 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 14 | 1:4,378 | 794 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| South Korea | - | 14 | 1:396,030 | 11,136 |
| Bermuda | - | 13 | 1:4,987 | 816 |
| Cambodia | 63% | 12 | 1:1,356,111 | 18,849 |
| El Salvador | - | 12 | 1:528,482 | 4,653 |
| Bahamas | - | 11 | 1:36,306 | 1,206 |
| Israel | 87% | 11 | 1:763,902 | 12,174 |
| Jersey | - | 10 | 1:9,998 | 868 |
| Honduras | 100% | 9 | 1:979,719 | 11,190 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Zambia | - | 9 | 1:1,761,644 | 19,373 |
| Afghanistan | 50% | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 7 | 1:15,940 | 2,043 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Czechia | 50% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 6 | 1:1,358,719 | 89,225 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Finland | 100% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Kenya | - | 5 | 1:9,261,422 | 35,582 |
| Argentina | 67% | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Luxembourg | - | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Cameroon | - | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Greece | 100% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Nigeria | - | 2 | 1:88,782,180 | 420,186 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Tanzania | - | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Hungary | 68% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Uganda | - | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Rory (2,226) may also be a surname.
Rory Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Irish Ruaidhri, a derivative of ruadh ‘red’. It is often rendered by Roger. See also Roderick.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Celtic name, meaning: Red.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Gaelic name: Ruairidh, Middle Gaelic Ruaidri (1467 MS.), Old Gaelic Rúadri, Irish Ruaidhri, gen. Ruadrach (Annals at 779,814), Old Irish Ruadri, E. Welsh Rotri, Rodri; from ruadh, red, and the root of rìgh, king? The Teutonic Roderick means “Famed-ruler” (from hrôð and rik, the same root as Gaelic rìgh). The terminal -ri, -rech (old gen.) is a reduced form of rígh, king (Zimmer, who, however, regards Ruadri as from N. Hrôrehr, but this in Galloway actually gives Rerik, M'Rerik, M'Crerik, 1490, 1579, thus disproving Zimmer’s view). M'Cririck still exists.
— Etymology of The Principal Gaelic National Names, Personal Names, Surnames (1909) by Alexander MacBain
Rory Forename Popularity
Rory Demographics
Average Rory Salary in
United States
$50,244 USD
Per year
Rank:
125,421 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00696586
Rank: 1,302 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
115.43%
Sample size: 11,429 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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