Korey is a variant spelling of Corey, a name of uncertain origin that is usually traced to an Irish surname or to the Old Norse personal name Kori, with "hollow" sometimes given as a meaning. Corey and its spellings were at their most popular in the 1970s and 1980s. Korey was still in the US top 1000 in 2000 at number 823 and peaked at number 700 in 2001, but it has since fallen to number 2736 in 2025.