Courtney

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈkɔː(ɹ)tni//

A surname from Old French.

proper noun

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.
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.
4
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Missouri.
5
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in South Liberty Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina.
6
A place in the United States: A village in Union Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Etymology

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

Forms

plural: Courtneys

courtesy · Polite behavior.courthouse · A public building housing courts of law.courting · courtship; amorous advances

Courtney · A surname from Old French.

courtroom · The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials,…Courts · A surname.courtship · The act of paying court, that is, demonstrating such…

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