Given name & surname
Kourtney
“one who is polite; courteous”
Kourtney is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “one who is polite; courteous.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is polite; courteous.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Kourtney is used as a form of Courtney.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Kourtney has a related form in 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
Kourtney through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,765
- 840 boys · 13,925 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 682 babies
- 2025
- 40
- #4,502 for girls · #8,624 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −55%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 8% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,502 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 57.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 646 in 1990. It also appeared in 9 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,146 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kourtney’s family of names
In English usage, Kourtney has a related form in Courtney. Kourtney is a form of Courtney. Kourtney has a related form in Kortney.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 14
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 Kourtney
- Kourtney KardashianAmerican media personality, model and businesswoman (born 1979)
- Kourtney KeeganAmerican tennis playerborn 1994
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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