Tory - Meaning of Tory

What does Tory mean?

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Tory

[ 2 syll. to-ry, tor-y ] The baby boy name Tory is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is TAOR-iy- †. Tory is largely used in the English language, and it is derived from Celtic and Latin origins.

Tory is a contraction of the name Torrance (English).

Tory is also an English diminutive form of the name Victor (Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish).

See also the related categories, english, latin, and celtic.

Tory is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1977, 0.017% of baby boys were given the name Tory. It ranked at #477 then. The baby name has since markedly declined in popularity, and is now of sporadic use. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Tory, Victor was the most popular in 2018. Tory has in the past century been mostly given to baby boys. In 1977, the name Tory was given to 52% more baby boys than girls.

Baby names that sound like Tory include Toree, Torey, Torie, Torri, Taheere, Taheir, Taher, Tahir, Tahurir, Tahyr, Tahyre, Tajdar, Tannir, Tannor, Tannur, Tannyr, Tarhey, Tarhi, Tarhie, and Tarhy.

† Pronunciation for Tory: T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"