Given name & surname
Cortney
“a courteous woman; courtly”·“a courteous man; courtly”
Cortney is a variant of Courtney. Interpretations include “a courteous woman; courtly” (English) and “a courteous man; courtly” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cortney is a variant of Courtney. Interpretations include “a courteous woman; courtly” (English) and “a courteous man; courtly” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cortney is a variant of Courtney. An origin associated with Courtney is Old French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Cortney is a variant of Courtney. The history of Courtney gives this family its wider story. Courtney’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Cortney through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20,096
- 3,173 boys · 16,923 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 1,384 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,906 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −49%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 65% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,906 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 27.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 152 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 16,609 as a first name in 2020; 190 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.
Cortney’s family of names
Cortney has a related form in Courtney.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cortney
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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