Cortland
Dutch
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Updated Tue Mar 26 2024
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 FinneganAmerican football player
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- Cortlandt Van RensselaerAmerican clergyman
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- Cortlandt Starnes7th Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Cortland in Pop Culture
- Cortland "Cort" Andruscharacter in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series