Given name & surname
Cotie
“from the riverbank”
Cotie is a variant of Coty. One French interpretation is “from the riverbank.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cotie is a variant of Coty. One French interpretation is “from the riverbank.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cotie is a variant of Coty. An origin associated with Coty is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cotie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 17 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 169 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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