Entry № 8827 · Irish origin

Rory Rory — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Gender

Girl

Origin

Irish

Meaning

"A red-haired ruler"

Syllables

First recorded

Traditional

The meaning

A name that means "a red-haired ruler".

Rory is a name of Irish origin, meaning a red-haired ruler.

A red-haired ruler — a Irish name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Rory

Transliteration: Rory
Pronunciation: / /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Rory stands.

Rory does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Rorys before her.

Real people

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In fiction

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Names connected to Rory.

Numerology

The number behind Rory.

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rory reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.