Jori

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 39 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
39
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jori by the numbers

Jori was given to 39 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 72 babies in 1995, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Jori

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jori. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jorya form of Jorah or Yore; Jehovah raises up73 in the US (2017)
  • Joriehe will uplift; a form of Jory29 in the US (2017)
  • Jerispear ruler; a form of jerry or geraldine14 in the US (2017)
  • Jariflowing water; a river11 in the US (2017)
  • Jovi25 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Jori

Names that are said the same way as Jori, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Joury6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jouri8 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Jori

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