Coty

Coty: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“from the coast”
Origin
French
Say it
KOH-tee · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (88% of all uses)

Most often a transferred surname. As a surname it is commonly linked to French Côté, meaning someone who lived by a slope or coast; as a given name, usage is modern and etymology can vary.

How popular is Coty?

20242.4 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Coty in 20248

Peak year1992

Total US babies since 18806,294

Coty is steady now but far below its 1992 peak.

Names like Coty

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Coty questions

What does the name Coty mean?

Coty means "from the coast". It comes from French. Most often a transferred surname. As a surname it is commonly linked to French Côté, meaning someone who lived by a slope or coast; as a given name, usage is modern and etymology can vary.

Is Coty a boy or girl name?

Coty is mainly a boy's name in US records (88% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Coty?

8 US babies were named Coty in 2024. Its peak year was 1992.

How do you pronounce Coty?

Coty is usually pronounced KOH-tee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.