Cortland

Dutch

"short land"

Cortland Origin and Meaning

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

Cortland, 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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Famous People Named Cortland

• Cortland Finnegan American football player
• Cortlandt Field Bishop American pioneer aviator, balloonist, autoist, book collector, and traveler
• Cortlandt Van Rensselaer American clergyman
• Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Schuyler U.S. Army general
• Cortlandt Skinner American politician and Loyalist in the Revolutionary War
• Cortlandt Starnes 7th Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Cortland in Pop Culture

• Cortland "Cort" Andrus character in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series