Courtland (name)
Courtland is a rare English given name. It is used as both a man and a woman's name.
Origin and meaning
The name Courtland is of Old English origin and its meaning is obscure. Possibly it is related to the name Cort , the English form of the German name Kurt . He is sometimes called land of the court so the land of princes and Court interpreted.
variants
- Cortland
- Cortlandt
- Courtlandt
- Court
Well-known namesake
First names
- Cortland Finnegan (born 1984), American football player
- Courtland Hoppin (1834–1876), American physician and homeopath
- Courtland C. Matson (1841–1915), American politician
- Courtland Winn (1863-1940), American politician
- CDB Bryan ( Courtlandt Dixon Barnes Bryan; 1936–2009), American author and journalist
Middle name
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler (1877–1933), American politician
- Peter Courtland Agre (* 1949), American molecular biologist
Surnames
- Jerome Courtland (1926–2012), American film director