Kor is a boy's name of Turkish origin meaning “official inspector and messenger, courier.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Kor belongs to the Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “official inspector and messenger, courier” — is the sense carried by its Turkish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Kor first appears in Social Security records in 1994. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #9632 in 1994, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 5 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Kor means “official inspector and messenger, courier” in its Turkish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Kor is a boy name.
Kor comes from the Turkish tradition.
Kor first appears in US records in 1994. Its best-ever ranking was #9632 in 1994, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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