Courtenay
Courtenay is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Mostly female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Great Britain
- US records 1880–2017
- 250 male / 1,188 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Courtenay
If you do not know Courtenay’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Courtenay,” in English, “Guten Tag Courtenay,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Courtenay,
German
Guten Tag Courtenay,
French
Bonjour Courtenay,
Spanish
Estimado/a Courtenay:
Chinese
Courtenay您好：
Japanese
Courtenay様
English
Hi Courtenay,
German
Hi Courtenay,
French
Salut Courtenay,
Spanish
Hola Courtenay,
Chinese
Courtenay你好：
Japanese
Courtenayさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | woman's name |
| Great Britain | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
250 male · 1,188 female · 1,438 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 14.6% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Courtenay a male or female name?
Courtenay is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Courtenay in an email?
If you do not know Courtenay’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Courtenay,” in English, “Guten Tag Courtenay,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Courtenay a unisex name?
Courtenay is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Courtenay a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/courtenay. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_courtenay,
title = {Is Courtenay a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/courtenay},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}