Courtney
/ˈkɔː(ɹ)tni/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Old French. countable, uncountable
"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. countable, uncountable
- 3 A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s. countable, uncountable
""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. countable, uncountable
- 5 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in South Liberty Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A place in the United States:; A village in Union Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Sir Edward Courtney, and the haughty prelate, Bishop of Exeter, his brother there, With many moe confederates are in arms."
Etymology
Variant of Courtenay, an aristocratic Norman surname derived from place names in Normandy, from Latin Curtenus, a personal name from curtus (“short”).