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Rory-John

Gender
Boy
Say it
ROR-ee-JON
Origin
Irish
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys
Style
New arrival

Rory-John is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “red king + God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).

What does Rory-John mean?

Irish: Rory + John

“red king + God is gracious”

Joins Rory (Irish, “red king”) and John (Hebrew, “God is gracious”).

Meanings borrowed from Rory and John.

Is Rory-John a girl's or a boy's name?

Rory-John is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rory-John in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,301st among boys
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Rory-John, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

2024Busiest: 4 in 20252025
Rory-John in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20243#5,198

Names like Rory-John

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Rory-John: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rory-john, updated 20 October 2026.