Courtnee: From the Court

The boy's and girl's name Courtney is pronounced KORT-nee. It is of Old French origin, and its meaning is "domain of Curtius." Transferred use of the surname, originally a place name from France called Courtenay. A name with upper-class connotations. Courtlyn is a contemporary variant. Actresses Courteney Cox, Courtney Love.

Courtney has 27 variant forms: Cordney, Cordni, Cortenay, Corteney, Cortland, Cortnee, Cortneigh, Cortney, Cortnie, Cortny, Courtenay, Courteneigh, Courteney, Courtland, Courtlyn, Courtnay, Courtnee, Courtnie, Courtny, Kordney, Kortney, Kortni, Kourtenay, Kourtneigh, Kourtney, Kourtnee and Kourtnie.

Draper: English
Draper is a name that was formed by the Anglo-Saxon society of old Britain. The name was determined by a member the family who once worked as a maker or seller of woolen cloth. The surname Draper is derived from the Old French word drapier and the Anglo-French word draper, which both have this meaning. The word was recorded in Old English as early as 1376.

Spelling variations include: Draper, Drapere, Draiper, Draeper, Drapar, Drapir, Drayper, Dreypar, Drapper, Drapier, Drabber, Drapber, Drabper, Drappar and many more.

First found in Lancashire where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Henry Draper settled in Virginia in 1621; the year after the "Mayflower" landed, and many of the name were banished to the Barbados where they settled from the year 1654. John Draper was banished in 1654.