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Courtney

/ˈkɔː(ɹ)tni/

Courtney proper noun: a surname from Old French.

Proper noun

Courtney (countable and uncountable, plural Courtneys)

  1. 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.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 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.1985, Sue Grafton, B is for Burglar, Macmillan, published 2005, →ISBN, page 125
  4. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Missouri.
  5. An unincorporated community in South Liberty Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina.
  6. A village in Union Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Forms of Courtney

pluralCourtneys
alternative formCotney
alternative formKourtney
alternative formCourteney

Origin of Courtney

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

Questions about Courtney

What does Courtney mean?
Courtney means a surname from Old French.
What part of speech is Courtney?
Courtney is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Courtney?
Courtney is pronounced /ˈkɔː(ɹ)tni/.

Words near Courtney in the dictionary

  1. courtmartialling
  2. courtmartials
  3. courtmen
  4. Courtnage
  5. Courtnages
  6. Courtney
  7. Courtneys
  8. courtnoll
  9. Courtois
  10. Courtoises
  11. Courtright

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