Courtney facts for kids
Courtney is a given name. It is mostly used for females, but sometimes it is also used for males.
The name Courtney comes from the Norman and Old French languages. It arrived in England around the late 1060s. The name started being used as a given name during the 1600s. At first, it was mainly for boys. Girls did not start getting the name Courtney until after 1956. This was when a book called "Chocolates for Breakfast" was published. This book helped make the name more popular for females.
Courtney is a fairly common name.
Famous People Named Courtney
Many well-known people have the name Courtney. Some of them are:
- Courteney Cox, a famous actress.
- Courtney Love, a musician.
- Courtney Thorne-Smith, another actress.
- Joel Courtney, an American film actor.
- Nicholas Courtney, a British television actor.
- Courtney Hodges, a United States Army general.
- Courtney Paris, an American basketball player.
There are also fictional characters with the name, like Courtney Matthews from the ABC soap opera series General Hospital.
Places Named Courtney
The name Courtney is also used for different places around the world. Here are a few examples:
- Courtenay, British Columbia, a city in Canada on Vancouver Island.
- Courtenay River, a river also on Vancouver Island in Canada.
- Courtenay, New Zealand, a small area in the Selwyn District of New Zealand.
- Courtenay, Florida, an area in Brevard County, Florida, USA.
- Courtney, North Carolina, a community in Yadkin County, North Carolina, USA.
- Courtney, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood in the borough of New Eagle, Pennsylvania, USA.
