Corey

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Corey

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  2. Lua error in Module:names at line 629: dot= and nodot= are no longer supported in Template:surname because a trailing period is no longer added by default; if you want it, add it explicitly after the template, a variant anglicization of Ó Comhraidhe (Curry).
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • 1968 Jet, Vol. 35, No. 2, October 17th, 1968, page 61:
      Miss Carroll's popularity doesn't end with her on-screen performances in the show which co-stars young Marc Copage as her precocious six-year-old son, Corey Baker, whose father Capt. Baker was killed in Vietnam.
  4. (rare) A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Cori.
    • 1996 Barbara Bretton, Guilty Pleasures, Mira Books, →ISBN, page 156:
      "I'm Millicent Banning and —" she pushed Corey forward "— this is my daughter Catherine, but we all call her Corey."

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