Cory

E31637

English masculine given name given name masculine given name

Cory is a masculine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often as a short form of names like Corey or Cornelius.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cory canonical	14
Corey	9
Kory	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T230508 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cory
Context triple: [Cory Doctorow, givenName, Cory]

A. Gavin
Gavin is a masculine given name of Celtic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
B. Jamie
Jamie is a given name commonly used as a diminutive or variant of James, and is borne by people of all genders in English-speaking countries.
C. Curtis
Curtis is a common English surname of Norman origin, historically meaning "courteous" or "polite."
D. Barry
Barry is a coastal town and popular seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, known for Barry Island and its beaches.
E. Leslie
Leslie is a small town in Fife, Scotland, situated near Glenrothes and known historically for its textile and papermaking industries.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cory
Target entity description: Cory is a masculine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often as a short form of names like Corey or Cornelius.

A. Gavin
Gavin is a masculine given name of Celtic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
B. Jamie
Jamie is a given name commonly used as a diminutive or variant of James, and is borne by people of all genders in English-speaking countries.
C. Curtis
Curtis is a common English surname of Norman origin, historically meaning "courteous" or "polite."
D. Barry
Barry is a coastal town and popular seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, known for Barry Island and its beaches.
E. Leslie
Leslie is a small town in Fife, Scotland, situated near Glenrothes and known historically for its textile and papermaking industries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English masculine given name ⓘ given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ
canBeDiminutiveOf	Cory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Corey Cornelius ⓘ
hasEtymologicalRelation	Cory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Corey Cornelius ⓘ
hasGender	masculine ⓘ
hasNameType	first name ⓘ
hasScript	Latin alphabet ⓘ
hasSpellingVariant	Cory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Corey Kori ⓘ Kori ⓘ surface form: Kory
hasVariant	Cory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Corey Kori ⓘ Cory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kory
isOftenSpelledAs	Cory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Corey
nameCategory	English masculine given names ⓘ given names ⓘ masculine given names ⓘ
nameUsage	primarily masculine ⓘ
shortFormOf	Cory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Corey Cornelius ⓘ
usedInLanguage	English ⓘ
usedInRegion	English-speaking countries ⓘ

How these facts were elicited