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Popularity of the baby name Courtland


Posts that mention the name Courtland

Baby names with LAND: Landon, Yolanda, Wayland

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Looking for baby names that contain the word LAND?

If so, you’re in luck!

Below you’ll find a long list of names that contain the letter sequence “l-a-n-d.” Most of these names come directly from the U.S. SSA’s baby name data.

  • Aland
  • Alanda
  • Alander
  • Alandis
  • Alando
  • Alandra, Allandra
  • Alandre
  • Alandria
  • Alandus
  • Arland
  • Arlander
  • Arlando
  • Arlandria
  • Arlandus
  • Ashland
  • Bland
  • Blandina
  • Blandine
  • Blandon
  • Blandy
  • Brayland
  • Breland
  • Bryland
  • Caitland
  • Calandra, Callandra
  • Calandria
  • Carland
  • Celandine
  • Chalanda
  • Chalandra
  • Charlanda
  • Cleland
  • Cleveland, Cleaveland, Cleavland, Clevland
  • Colandra
  • Copeland
  • Cortland, Cortlandt, Courtland, Courtlandt
  • Dayland
  • Decland
  • Deland
  • Delanda
  • Delando
  • Delandra
  • Delandre
  • Delandria
  • Diland
  • Dorland
  • Durland
  • Dyland
  • Earland
  • Eiland
  • Eland
  • Elanda
  • Elandra
  • England
  • Erland
  • Eulanda
  • Falanda
  • Falando
  • Felando
  • Ferlando
  • Filandro
  • Finland
  • Freeland
  • Garland
  • Gayland, Gailand
  • Glanda
  • Graceland
  • Grantland
  • Grayland
  • Haaland
  • Harland
  • Haviland, Havilland
  • Holland
  • Horlando
  • Howland
  • Hyland, Highland
  • Jaland
  • Jalanda
  • Jayland
  • Jolanda
  • Kailand, Khailand
  • Kaitland, Kateland
  • Kalandra
  • Kalandria
  • Kayland
  • Keeland, Keyland
  • Keiland
  • Keland, Kelland
  • Kimberland
  • Kirkland
  • Kopeland
  • Kortland, Kourtland
  • Kyland, Khyland
  • Lakeland
  • Landa
  • Landan
  • Landen, Landenn
  • Lander
  • Landers
  • Landin
  • Landis
  • Lando
  • Landon, Landonn, Landdon
  • Landra
  • Landrea
  • Landria
  • Landrick, Landric
  • Landris
  • Landrum
  • Landry, Landrie, Landri, Landree, Landrey
  • Landun
  • Landy, Landie, Landi, Landee
  • Landyn, Landynn
  • Landyon
  • Layland
  • Lealand
  • Leeland, Leighland
  • Leiland
  • Leland
  • Lelandra
  • Leyland
  • Lilandra
  • Llandel
  • Lochland
  • Lolanda
  • Maitland
  • Malanda
  • Marland
  • Marlanda
  • Marlando
  • Maryland
  • Mayland
  • Melandie
  • Merland
  • Mirlande, Myrlande
  • Moreland, Morland
  • Murland
  • Nerlande
  • Newland
  • Neyland
    • Used mostly in the state of Tennessee. The University of Tennessee’s football team plays in Neyland Stadium, which was named after former head coach/athletic director Robert Neyland.
  • Noland
  • Norland
  • Oakland
  • Oland
  • Olanda
  • Olander
  • Olando
  • Orland
  • Orlanda
  • Orlander
  • Orlandis
  • Orlando
  • Orlandra
  • Orlandrea
  • Orlandria
  • Orlandus
  • Philander
  • Portland
  • Raland
  • Ralanda
  • Rawland
  • Rayland
  • Relanda
  • Reyland
  • Richland
  • Riland
  • Rockland
  • Roland, Rolland, Rowland
  • Rolanda
  • Rolandas
  • Rolande
  • Rolando
  • Rollande
  • Rosaland
  • Roseland
  • Rosiland
  • Rosland
  • Ryland, Rhyland, Ryeland
  • Salanda
  • Salandra
  • Scotland, Scottland
  • Shalanda
  • Shalandra
  • Shalandria
  • Shelanda
  • Sherlanda
  • Shlanda
  • Sholanda
  • Shulanda
  • Skyland
  • Steveland
  • Strickland
  • Sutherland
  • Talanda
  • Talandra
  • Timberland
  • Toland
  • Tolanda
  • Torland
  • Tyland, Thailand
  • Valanda
  • Verland
  • Violanda
  • Volanda
  • Yalanda
  • Ylanda
  • Yoland
  • Yolanda, Yollanda
  • Yolande
  • Yolander
  • Yolandi
  • Yolandia
  • Yolandita
  • Yolando
  • Yolandra
  • Yulanda, Youlanda
  • Yulander
  • Zayland
  • Zealand
  • Zeeland
  • Zeland

A few of the above are variant forms of more common names such as Declan, Lachlan, Melanie, and Caitlin.

Which LAND name do you like most? Let me know in the comments!

Source: SSA

Image: Adapted from Fields – panoramio (42) by Alexander Reuss under CC BY 3.0.

Where did the baby name Fancy come from in 1952?

Cover of the book "A Woman Called Fancy" (1951) by Frank Yerby

In 1952, the word-name Fancy appeared in the U.S. baby name data for the very first time:

  • 1954: unlisted
  • 1953: unlisted
  • 1952: 7 baby girls named Fancy [debut]
  • 1951: unlisted
  • 1950: unlisted

What was the cause?

Frank Yerby’s book A Woman Called Fancy, which was the 5th best-selling book of 1951.

Set in the state of Georgia in the late 19th century, the historical romance follows Fancy Williamson, a woman from out of town, who rises “from poverty to prominence” among well-to-do Augustans. “Like all Yerby’s novels, A Woman Called Fancy presents a protagonist who is an outcast but achieves success in an alien culture.”

(A secondary influence could have been the romantic comedy film Goodbye, My Fancy, released in mid-1951 and starring Joan Crawford.)

About twenty years later, the name was given a second boost on the charts by Bobbie Gentry’s Fancy (1969). Here’s a bit of the song:

You know I mighta been born just plain white trash,
but Fancy was my name.

And about twenty years after that, Reba McEntire’s 1990 cover of Fancy gave the name yet another boost. The name saw its highest usage ever (36 baby girls) in 1991.

Interesting fact: Frank Yerby’s novel The Foxes of Harrow (1946) — another historical romance set in the South — was the first novel by an African-American to sell more than a million copies.

Sources: A Woman Called Fancy – Oxford Reference, Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1950s, SSA