Cortnie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KORT-nee
- Origin
- French
Cortnie is a girls' name of French origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Cortnie mean?
French: spelling of Kortni, itself a variant spelling of Courtney, from the Norman French place name Courtenay
Variant of Courtney, a surname from the Norman French place name Courtenay.
Meaning borrowed from Kortni.
Is Cortnie a girl's or a boy's name?
Cortnie is a girls' name.
How popular is Cortnie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 61 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Cortnie in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cortnie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,985 |
| 1992 | 40 | #2,915 |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,478 |
| 1990 | 61 | #2,123 |
| 1989 | 43 | #2,613 |
| 1988 | 43 | #2,484 |
| 1987 | 41 | #2,491 |
| 1986 | 39 | #2,511 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,938 |
| 1984 | 38 | #2,469 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,782 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
Names like Cortnie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Katie, Cassie, Callie, Sarah, Kylie, Jasmine, Lacey, Chloe, Amy, Katherine, Chelsea, Jamie
Names related to Cortnie
Courtney, Cortney, Cortana, Cortni, Courtnie, Courtnee, Kourtnie, Kortnie
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Belle, Quincy, Bruce
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cortnie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cortnie, updated 20 October 2026.