Courtnee as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Courtnee

What is the meaning of the name Courtnee ?

The baby name Courtnee is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KORT-nee (IPA: /ˈkɔːrtni/).

Courtnee is English in Origin.

Courtnee (KORT-nee) is a modern phonetic respelling of Courtney, which descends from the Norman surname Courtenay. That surname points to the French town of Courtenay; its ultimate root is debated - either from the Latin curtus “short,” yielding the oft-cited Old French folk etymology court nez, “short nose,” or simply a habitational label meaning “from Courtenay.” As a given name, the sense is typically taken as “from Courtenay,” with “short(-nosed)” a traditional gloss.

Adopted into England with the Normans, Courtenay/Courtney was long a masculine forename in Britain and Ireland before becoming unisex and, in North America and Australasia, predominantly feminine from the 1970s through the 1990s. Courtnee emerged in that period as a creative variant and remains relatively rare compared with Courtney. Related spellings include Courteney, Courtnay, Cortney, Kortney, and Kourtney; Courtenay is the more traditional masculine form. Common short form is Court.