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 [ 2 syll. cou-(r)tney, co-urtn-ey ] The girl name Courtney is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced KAORTNiy KEY. Courtney's origin is Old French, and its use, English. The name Courtney means 'short nose; domain of Curtius; domain of the short one'. Derived from court 'short' ; nez 'nose' ; curtus 'short'. The feminine name was first used in 20th century, starting from the USA. See Courtney for more info. Forms of the name include the English names Cortne, Cortnee, Courtenay, Courteney, Courteny, Courtlyn, Kortnay, and Quartney. The spelling variants Cortney (English), Courtnie (English), Kortnee (English), Kortney (English), Kortni (English), Kortnie (English), Kortny (English), Kourtnay (English), Kourtnee (English), Kourtney (English), Kourtni (English), and Kourtny (English) are other forms of Courtney. See also the related form, the English and German Curtis. Courtney is popular as a baby girl name. The name grew in popularity from the 1960s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only irregular use. At the height of its usage in 1990, 0.749% of baby girls were named Courtney. It had a ranking of #17 then. The baby name has substantially dropped in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #269 with a usage of 0.061%, but it was nevertheless the most widely used within all girl names in its family. Although Courtney is used more commonly as a girl name today, there was a period prior to 1961 that it was more popular with boys. After 1962, increasingly the name became more popular with girls than with boys. There were 25 times more girls than boys who were named Courtney in 2001. Baby names that sound like Courtney include the English names Cortnee, Cortney, Courtnie, Kortnee, Kortney, Kortni, Kortnie, Kortny, Kortnay, Kourtnay, Kourtnee, Kourtney, Kourtni, Kourtny, Quartney, Cortne, Courtenay, Courteney, Courteny, and Kyrstin. A famous person named Courtney is Singer Courtney Love, born Courtney Michelle Harrison 9 July 1964, San Francisco, California. KEY: Pronunciation for Courtney: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
