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I love Corin, but only for a boy. I’d rather see Corinne for a girl.

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Not really a fan of Cory, but it’s more unisex to me than Corin is.

I love Corin! But for a girl, no way.

I like Corin and Cory! They could be unisex, but I just see them more as male names. Even so, I think it's reasonable to nickname a Corrine Corrie, Cori, Cory or however she likes it spelled. It sounds exactly like Corey depending on where you're from. So I don't really mind.

But it is in fact a masculine name, just using it for a girl doesn't magically transform it.
There are feminine options such as Kore or Corinne. So why use a masculine name?

I've only known one Corin and it was a gal. Pronounced ko-RIN, emphasis on second syllable. I liked that. To me it sounds feminine because it's a riff on Corinne.

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I do not care for Corin pronounced as KOR-in, although that seems unisex, because it just sounds way too much like "corn" to me.

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Cory is alright as a unisex name, or a nick. Better than Corin imo.

This message was edited 4/3/2022, 9:34 AM

Corin and Corey both seem masculine to me. I like the former. It has the gentle brittleness of a seashell.

I never found Corey particularly unisex tbh. Corin is okay for a boy. On a girl I think Corinna would be a whole lot nicer.

Corin is very vintage indeed, and none the worse for that. It is or was strictly masculine, but those lines are blurring. I like it, but it would be confused with Colin on a daily basis, which puts me off.

It's okay in my opinion but I prefer Corin for boy because derived from French form of Quirinus and Corinne for girl.

This message was edited 4/4/2022, 1:38 AM