Fun Facts About the Name Cordey
- 11 babies named Cordey: U.S. records list 11 babies given the name Cordey from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Cordey Mean?
Cordey has no securely established meaning as a given name. It is a rare personal name whose background is mainly a surname, found in French and English-speaking contexts. The French surname is associated with Cordey, a place in Normandy, and may be habitational from it. The English surname is uncommon, and a separate origin cannot be ruled out. Because these strands are not clearly documented, the name is best described as of uncertain meaning rather than assigned a single translation.
Cordey Name History & Origins
Cordey is a commune in the Calvados department of Normandy. A family called Cordey could have taken its surname from this village or from another place of the same name, though the surviving evidence does not show which. The surname also occurs in English-speaking countries, though it is uncommon. As a first name, Cordey is rare and is generally treated as a surname used as a given name rather than as a traditional personal name. It is sometimes grouped with the similar name Cordy, which can be a short form of Cordelia or Cordell, but the spelling similarity alone does not establish that Cordey shares that origin.
How Popular is the Name Cordey?
Cordey has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2008. Its best rank was #11,327 in 2008.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | #12,852 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #11,327 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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