Cortes (surname)
Cortés (Castilian, Galician, Valencian), Cortês (Portuguese), Cortès (Catalan) is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin, respectively. The surname derived from the Old French corteis or curteis, meaning "courteous" or "polite"[1] and is related to the English Curtis, although the English form has become more widely used as a given name.
The surname has become more frequent among Romani people in Spain than among the general Spanish population.[2]
People
Notable people surnamed Cortes include:
- Alejandro Cortés, Colombian road cyclist
- Bruno Cortês, Brazilian football (soccer) player
- Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor
- Hernán Cortés, 16th-century Spanish conquistador
- Juan Donoso Cortés (1809–1853), Spanish writer and politician
- Joaquín Cortés, Spanish flamenco dancer
- Édouard Cortès, 20th-century French Post-Impressionist Painter
- Xavier Cortés Rocha, Mexican architect and rector of the UNAM
References
- ^ Powell, Kimberly. "What Does the Name Cortez Mean?" About. Web. <http://genealogy.about.com
- ^ Diccionario de apellidos españoles, Roberto Faure, María Asunción Ribes, Antonio García, Editorial Espasa, Madrid 2001. ISBN 84-239-2289-8. Section III.3.8 page XXXIX.
See also
External links
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