# Courtney

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɔː(ɹ)tni/ · frequency rank #11,856

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old French.
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.
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:

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

## Easily confused with
- **courted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courted-vs-courtney)
- **chutney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chutney-vs-courtney)
- **courtly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courtly-vs-courtney)
- **courtesy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courtesy-vs-courtney)
- **courtier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courtier-vs-courtney)
- **Courtenay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courtenay-vs-courtney)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccourtney`, `corutney`, `courntey`, `courrtney`, `courteny`, `courtneyy`, `courtnney`, `courtnye`, `courttney`, `coutrney`, `cuortney`, `ocurtney`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/courtney