Are courtney and whitney boys names?

no way are they but some person on yahoo answers say they r, wot do u think?

Are courtney and whitney boys names?
Well as a man I certainly wouldn't want either of those names. I have heard Courtney used for a man though. He was a big guy who played basketball for the Minnesota Gophers and I don't think to many people probably teased him about it. Keep in mind this is the same tool who clocked his girlfriend in the head with a telephone book and sent her to the hospital so maybe she gave him some crap about it and thats what happened.
Reply:Both were originally mens names. Whitney was on the Social Security Top 1000 list for men since 1880 and is still in the top 1000 today. It didn't even appear in the womens top 1000 list until 1962





Courtney has also been a top 1000 mans name since the 1880s but did not appear in the womens top 1000 until 1962





So both names have only been considered girls names since the 1960s.
Reply:They could be either.





Recent examples of them are of course female (Whitney Houston, Courtney Love) but the names are actually genderless...





Whitney is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "white island". Place name. Boy's name that became popular for girls in the early 1980s.


http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/...





The boy's name Courtney \co(u)-rt-ney, cour-tney\, also used as girl's name Courtney, is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "domain of Curtis". Surname and place name, originally a Norman baronial name from places in Northen France called Courtenay. In earlier times, it was wrongly taken as a nickname derived from Old French "court nez", meaning "short nose". Usually feminine in America nowadays. Actors Tom Courtenay, Courtney B. Vance.


http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/...








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Reply:Check out this website.. apparently they are 'unisex' names !???!
Reply:People actually give those names to boys and I think they are awful. They are definitely girl names I hate when boys get girl names and girls get boy names. Can you imagine if you named your son Courtney and a little girl was also called Courtney. The boy would get teased.
Reply:Whitney is always a girls name. Courtney is both, but almost always a girls name. I have a nephew named Christie, so he gets a lot of crap. The proverbial "boy named Sue"
Reply:They were originally boys names so yeah they are boys names.





Just like Ashley, Noah, Madison, Addison, Riley, Aubrey, Ashton, Noel, etc are all masculine BOYS names.
Reply:They have been used as boys names, but are mostly used for girls.Personally I would never use them as boys names, thathat'sst mean.
Reply:They were both male names. Whitney is very masculine and should stay on a boy. I would love to see a male Courtney or Whitney, just like I would love to see a male Ashley.
Reply:I saw this one guy somewhere whose name was courtney ( i don't know if this is how he spells it) ,but I don't think I've heard of a guy named Whitney.
Reply:As far as I know, Whitney is a girl's name but Courtney is one of those names that can be used for either gender i.e. Courtney Cox the actress and Courtney Pine the sax player.





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Reply:Yes they are both unisex names.


I went to school with a guy named whitney and my cousins name is courtney.


But believe me.. did they get s*** for it!


Don't call your son either name :)
Reply:I've heard of Courtney being used as a boys name, but only once or twice.


I would use them as girls names, definitely!
Reply:Yeah I think they are, especially Courtney.
Reply:Courtney def is both. My favourite cricketer was Courtney Walsh! I love it for a boy. Whitney is more for a girl?
Reply:They're both unisex names.





I prefer both for girls, though.
Reply:they can be boy names but they are consider more as girl names
Reply:i know a boy named courtney but i don't no a guy named whitney
Reply:they are VERY feminine names.. however i know BOYS called


Erin


Brook


and Rennee so it wouldnt suprise me if someone called a boy either of these names - however i feel sorry as the boy may get teased at school !!!
Reply:Whitney is definitely a very feminine name, Courtney is unisex, although I think it's better for a girl. :-)
Reply:Some gay boys names! I've heard Aubrey and Ashley but neverrr Courtney. Whoever said that is out of it from the time change or something...
Reply:Definitely girls names!
Reply:Well I have o female friends called Courtney and Whitney so I guess they are both gender names really.
Reply:Actually they are unisex.But to me they sound good as girls names only.
Reply:I'm not too sure about Whitney, but I do believe some guy in my school is name Courtney.
Reply:Courtney maybe, I wouldn't say Whitney.
Reply:no no no and no
Reply:I think of girls when I hear those names.
Reply:I've meet a guy named courtney. Never Whitney
Reply:ive seen them in both. I think ive seen more african american guys named those names for some reason.
Reply:N and O





have you ever heard any guy with those names because i have not

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