Girl · Latin, through English
Tori
Say it: TOR-ee
Meaning
A short form of Victoria, from Latin victoria 'victory'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used as a formal name in the US mainly in the 1980s and 1990s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 37,240 babies given this name since 1945
- At its height in 1994, about 1 in 804 girls
- 336 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Tory, Torie
Famous bearers
- Tori Amos, American singer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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