Courtland

Where Courtland comes from

Courtland hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #959 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1888
    Peak, #917
    6 babies named Courtland — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1987
    Courtland Mead born
    American actor
  5. 1995
    Courtland Sutton born
    American football player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Courtland Mead · American actor, born 1987
  • Courtland Sutton · American football player, born 1995
  • Courtland C. Gillen · American politician, 1880–1954
  • Courtland C. Matson · American politician, 1841–1915
  • Courtland Hector Hoppin · American artist and animator, 1906–1974

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.