Courteney

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kɔɹtni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Courteney is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Sussex; Devon; Gloucs.

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 219K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 309K
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 151K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,078 people, 2020

Sources
213 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 151K (inferred from the name graph)

Australia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Sussex; Devon; Gloucs.

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Where in the world(measured from records)

Courteney counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Courteney is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,0781 in 309K1KCourteney213
GB United Kingdom≈300 est.≈1 in 219K5Courteney93
AU Australia≈170 est.≈1 in 151K3Courteney54
ZA South Africa≈95 est.≈1 in 596K—Courteney11
CA Canada≈81 est.≈1 in 466K8Courteney63
NZ New Zealand≈32 est.≈1 in 156K12Courteney33
IE Ireland≈15 est.≈1 in 353K—Courteney7

1,078 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); the ca-statcan-baby-names register; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Courteney is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Philippines, Canada

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Courtèney

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Frederick Courteney Selous, b. 1851Robin Nedwell, b. 1946Courteney Cox, b. 1964Aaron Thomas, b. 1985Courteney Lowe, b. 1991Courteney Webb, b. 1998Courteney Munn, b. 1998

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Courteney,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Courteney
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201K#11,753
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1995170—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1996128—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198992—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198883—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199959—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202058#11,753
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199754—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200049—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198749—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199043—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199837—

Reference works 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What are other forms of the name Courteney?
In the etymology graph, Courtney, Cortney and Kourtney are forms of the same name in other languages.
What does the name Courteney mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Sussex; Devon; Gloucs. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Courteney?
A machine transcription gives /kɔɹtni/ (IPA) for English.
Is Courteney a male or female name?
Courteney is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Courteney have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named Courteney, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled courteney.
How common is the name Courteney?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,078 people named Courteney in 2020, about 1 in 309 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Courteney”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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