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Kortni

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How to Pronounce Kortni

Pronounced KORT-nee /ˈkɔːrt.ni/High

Meaning: Kortni is a K-spelling of Courtney, a surname-turned-first-name from the French place Courtenay (a settlement built on personal name Curtenay). Courtney boomed for girls in the nineteen-eighties, and creative K- respellings like Kortni rode that same wave; the name inherits Courtney's aristocratic, place-name pedigree.Medium

In 30 seconds: Kortni is a nineteen-eighties K-respelling of Courtney, itself an English surname from a French place name. It peaked around 1990 and reads as a very-of-its-decade variant.
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Origin MediumEnglish, French
MeaningKortni is a K-spelling of Courtney, a surname-turned-first-name from the French place Courtenay (a settlement built on personal name Curtenay). Courtney boomed for girls in the nineteen-eighties, and creative K- respellings like Kortni rode that same wave; the name inherits Courtney's aristocratic, place-name pedigree.
U.S. rank (2018)#10217 ↗ Rising
2018 U.S. births10 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1990
Total births (all-time)≈ 1,189

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 199719742018

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Kortni is a respelled Courtney, a name that began as an English aristocratic surname drawn from the French locale Courtenay. As Courtney surged for American girls in the nineteen-eighties, phonetic K- forms like Kortni appeared as personalized takes on the hit.

Kortni crested around 1990 at roughly seventy girls a year and tapered off through the two-thousands, a classic marker of eighties-and-nineties respelling fashion. A Kortni from the peak is now in her mid-thirties. It is dated rather than reviving — today's parents tend back toward the classic Courtney spelling.

Did you know? Courtney was one of the great crossover surname-names for girls in the eighties, and its popularity spawned a small constellation of respellings — Kortney, Kortnee, Kortni — each a bid to make a trendy name look individual.
Overall data confidence 68%
References — Kortni — Respelling of Courtney (place name Courtenay); 1980s-90s variant fashion

Variations

CourtneyKortneyKourtney

Nicknames

KortKortie

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Kortni mean?

Kortni is a respelling of Courtney, an English surname taken from the French place name Courtenay; it carries that aristocratic place-name origin.

How do you pronounce Kortni?

It's said KORT-nee /ˈkɔːrt.ni/ — two syllables, stress on the first, just like Courtney.

Is Kortni a boy or girl name?

Kortni has been used as a girl's name; the parent Courtney has served both sexes but leans female.

How popular is Kortni?

Kortni was an uncommon respelling that peaked around the turn of the nineteen-nineties and faded afterward as parents returned to the classic Courtney.

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