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Rory (M)>

Rory (male)

Variants:Rod (M) Roddie (M) Roddy (M) Rody (M) RuaidhrĂ­ (M) Ruairidh (M) Ruaraidh (M)
Pet Name for:Roderick (M) Rodger (M) Roger (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Private communication [MG; CT2]
Notes:

Scottish, originally a pet name for Roderick, now used independently as a forename.

In Ireland Rory has been used as an Anglicized version of the Irish Gaelic RuaidhrĂ­ or the Scottish Gaelic Ruairidh/Ruaraidh, but without a semantic connection.

There is some indication [CT2] that Rory could also be used as a pet name for Roger/Rodger in Ireland.