# Gore (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gore/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɡɔːɹ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From any of various places named Gore, from gore (“a triangular piece of land where roads meet”).

## People named Gore

- Gore Vidal, American writer (1925–2012)
- Gore Verbinski, American film director (born 1964)
- Gore Ouseley, British diplomat (1770-1844)
- Frederick Ouseley, English composer, organist and musicologist (1825-1889)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.