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.
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 (born 1977), Colombian road cyclist
- Ana Cortés (1895 – 1998), Chilean painter
- Bruno Cortês (born 1987), Brazilian football (soccer) player
- Garðar Thór Cortes (born 1974), Icelandic tenor
- Hernán Cortés, (1485-1547), Spanish conquistador
- Juan Donoso Cortés (1809–1853), Spanish writer and politician
- Joaquín Cortés (born 1969), Spanish flamenco dancer
- Édouard Cortès (1882-1969) French Post-Impressionist Painter
- Luis G. Cortes, Spanish chess player
- Xavier Cortés Rocha, Mexican architect and rector of the UNAM
See also
- Cortese
- Cortez (disambiguation)
- Courtois (disambiguation)
References
- Powell, Kimberly. "What Does the Name Cortez Mean?" About.com. 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.
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