Courtney

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Courtney

/ˈkɔː(ɹ)tni/

Where it comes from

Variant of Courtenay, an aristocratic Norman surname derived from place names in Normandy, from Latin Curtenus, a personal name from curtus (“short”).

proper noun Courtneys · Cotney · Kourtney · Courteney

countable, uncountable A surname from Old French. Sir Edward Courtney, and the haughty prelate, Bishop of Exeter, his brother there, With many moe confederates are in arms.
countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname.
countable, uncountable A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s. "One girl ten, another one eight. Courtney and Ashley. I'd have named 'em something else. Sara and Diane, Patti and Jill, something like that. I don't even understand girls.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Missouri.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in South Liberty Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina.
countable, uncountable A village in Union Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: clarke, pratt, loc, courtnay, courts, court, cournut, courtois, courter, courtenay, currant, courtnage, cottrell, belcourt, corsey, courson

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name surname

中文	考特尼 Kǎotèní

name female given name

中文	考特妮 Kǎotèní

name male given name

中文	考特尼 Kǎotèní

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@misc{courtney_2026,
  title = {Courtney},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/courtney},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}