Rory - Wikipedia Rory is a given name of Gaelic origin It is an anglicisation of the Irish: Ruairí Ruaidhrí and Scottish Gaelic: Ruairidh Ruaraidh[6] and is common to the Irish, Highland Scots and their diasporas [7] The meaning of the name is "red king", composed of ruadh ("red") and rígh ("king") [8] In Ireland and Scotland, it is generally seen as a masculine name and therefore rarely given to