Courtney.
A surname from Old French.
Meaning & usage
A surname from Old French.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Missouri.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in South Liberty Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina.
A place in the United States: A village in Union Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Where this word comes from
Variant of Courtenay, an aristocratic Norman surname derived from place names in Normandy, from Latin Curtenus, a personal name from curtus (“short”).
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