Tori is a diminutive of Victoria (Latin victoria, victory) — and independently a Japanese word *tori* (鳥) meaning "bird." **Tori Amos (born 1963)** — born Myra Ellen Amos — **American singer-songwriter and pianist who at age 5 became the youngest student ever admitted to Baltimore's Peabody Institute; her piano-driven 1992 album *Little Earthquakes* — featuring the song *Me and a Gun* (an a cappella account of her own rape) — helped reshape 1990s female songwriting**. **15 studio albums; eight Grammy nominations**. **Co-founder of RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, 1994)**, the largest US sexual-assault hotline. **Tori Spelling (born 1973)** — American actress; *Beverly Hills, 90210*. **A top-300 US baby name from 1986 to 2005**. **The Japanese *torii* (鳥居) — Shinto shrine gate**.
Subject of Tori Amos's memoir *Resistance* (2020).
Tori reduces to five — the number of RAINN.