Courtneys

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.