Courtland

Dutch
"short land"
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Courtland Origin and Meaning

The name Courtland is a boy's name meaning "short land".

Courtland, with its added U, is an English form of the Dutch habitational surname Cortlandt. Cortlandt was a village near modern-day Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands. Its name was derived from the Dutch elements cort, meaning "short" or "narrow," and landt, "land."

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