Given name & surname
Cort
“a court attendant; a courtier”
Cort is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a court attendant; a courtier.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a court attendant; a courtier.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cort through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,918
- 1,918 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 57 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,195 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −35%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,195 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 35.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 57 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,716 as a first name in 2020; 1,272 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cort’s family of names
Cort has a related form in Courtland. Cort has a related form in Cortland. Cort has a related form in Court.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Courtlandvariant
- Cortlandvariant
- Courtvariant
- Courteevariant
- Courtievariant
- Courtivariant
- Courteyvariant
- Courtyvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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