Corby
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning raven; from corby or corbeau.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Corby by the numbers
Corby was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 59 babies in 1973, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Corby. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Corryspear; a form of Corey8 in the US (2017)
- Carlya free person; a form of Carla or Carl687 in the US (2017)
- Coralcoral; the marine organism159 in the US (2017)
- Corahcalling, summons; a feminine form of korah23 in the US (2017)
- Corleyraven wood or wood by the pool8 in the US (2017)
- Corie27 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a bird
Like Corby, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Alondralark; a form of Alondra844 in the US (2017)
- Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)
- Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Corby
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