I had a friend in school his name is sean we always called him rory! I was wondering if they called him that because he was named after some one or what also on the show gilmore girls both charachters are named lorali but the daughter is called rory....
2007-09-13 05:07:49 · 4 answers · asked by sarahroberts78 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
Well, given the obviously-Irish given name, Sean, it's possible Rory was used in it's true form in that case. It stems from the root ruadh, or "red," and has often been used as a nickname for someone with red hair or who's red-complexioned. Do either of these apply?
As far as the television show is concerend, I'd assume Rory simply stems from a rhyming variant of Lori -- a fairly-obvious shortening of Lorelei (or their misspelling, Lorelai, I believe). After all, rhyming pet forms are not at all unusual -- think of Dick for Richard or Ted for Edward -- and in this case, the R sound is already part of the name itself. Substitute it for the beginning L, and you easily get Rory. ;)
2007-09-13 15:44:38 · answer #1 · answered by Irish Mommy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rory started out as a boy's name - Gaelic in origin. It's been used more and more for girls in recent years, like Avery and a few other "y" ending names.
The name means red - does your friend have red hair?
2007-09-13 12:31:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably just a nickname.
2007-09-13 14:14:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's just a nick name. my friends son is called duce. that's not even close to his name, she just started calling him by it and it stuck.
2007-09-13 12:31:01 · answer #4 · answered by nataliexoxo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋