Curtis


Gender:
Origin: French
813 famous people named Curtis found on Wikipedia.
258377 male, 2322 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 616-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 72-th in year 1963
Used in: English

Meanings

A male given name: from an Old French word meaning “courteous.”.

Curtis or Curtiss is a common English given name and surname of Anglo-Norman origin derived from the Old French curteis (Modern French courtois, surname Courtois) which means "polite, courteous, or well-bred". It is a compound of curt- ″court″ and -eis ″-ish″. The spelling u to render [u] in Old French was mainly Anglo-Norman and Norman, when the spelling o [u] was the usual Parisian French one, Modern French ou [u]. -eis is the Old French suffix for -ois, Western French (including Anglo-Norman) keeps -eis, simplified -is in English. The word court shares the same etymology but retains a Modern French spelling, after the orthography had changed.
It was brought to England (and subsequently, the rest of the Isles) via the Norman Conquest.
Many Hungarian immigrants in English speaking countries with the last name Kertész have adopted the name Curtis, since it is pronounced similarly and helped them integrate into their new community. The Spanish version of this last name is Cortés or Cortez.

Means: courteous in French.

Famous People: 813 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Jamie Lee Curtis 1958 Actress, author
2 Tony Curtis 1925 American film actor of Hungarian origin
3 Cliff Curtis 1968 New Zealand actor
4 Curtis Axel 1979 American professional wrestler
5 Ken Curtis 1916 American actor
6 Curtis Mayfield 1942 American singer, songwriter, and record producer
7 Kelly Curtis 1956 American actress
8 Adam Curtis 1955 British film maker
9 Curtis Stone 1975 Australian chef
10 Anne Curtis 1985 Filipino actor and model
11 Curtis LeMay 1906 American general and politician
12 Curtis Armstrong 1953 American actor
13 Curtis Granderson 1981 New York Mets baseball player
14 Curtis Martin 1973 American football running back
15 Curtis Lepore 1983 American internet celebrity
16 Curtis Hanson 1945 American actor and director
17 Charles Curtis 1860 Kaw-Osage-Potawatomi politician, Vice-President of the United States from 1929–1933
18 Curtis Scaparrotti 1956 United States Army General
19 Curtis Sliwa 1954 Anti-crime activist; media personality
20 Curtis Conway 1971 American football player
21 Allegra Curtis 1966 German-American actress
22 Curtis Warren 1963 English gangster
23 Edward S. Curtis 1868 American photographer
24 Curtis Davies 1985 English footballer
25 Curtis Hughes 1964 American professional wrestler
26 Curtis Yarvin 1973 American computer scientist and political theorist
27 Curtis Joseph 1967 Ice hockey player
28 King Curtis 1934 American saxophonist
29 Curtis L. McClarin 1969 American actor
30 Curtis Stigers 1965 American singer
31 Curtis Stevens 1985 American boxer
32 Jackie Curtis 1947 American actor, writer, singer
33 Robin Curtis 1956 Actress, real estate broker/agent
34 Curtis Sittenfeld 1975 Novelist, short story writer
35 Billy Curtis 1909 American actor
36 Liliana De Curtis 1933 Italian actress and writer
37 Curtis Jones 1967 American musician
38 Sonny Curtis 1937 American musician
39 Patrick Curtis 1938 American film producer
40 Curtis Strange 1955 American professional golfer
41 Curtis Donovan
42 Curtis Williams 1987 American actor
43 Curtis Allgier 1979 White supremacist
44 Rey Curtis Character in the TV series Law & Order
45 Ben Curtis 1977 Professional golfer
46 Christopher Paul Curtis 1953 American children's writer
47 Curtis Woodhouse 1980 English footballer and boxer
48 Curtis Painter 1985 American football player
49 Chad Curtis 1968 American baseball player
50 Amelia Curtis 1972 British actress
51 Alexa Curtis 2004 Australian singer
52 Curtis Lazar 1995 Canadian ice hockey player
53 Curtis Samuel 1996
54 Curtis Roosevelt 1930 American writer
55 Curtis Good 1993 Footballer
56 Clint Curtis 1958 American lawyer and computer programmer
57 Curtis Blaydes
58 Curtis Chillingworth 1896 American judge
59 Curtis Lofton 1986 American football player, linebacker
60 Curtis McElhinney 1983 Canadian ice hockey goaltender
61 Curtis Enis 1975 All-American college football player, professional football player, running back
62 Hilary Curtis
63 Benjamin Curtis 1978 September 23, 1978
64 Dan Curtis 1927 American director and producer of television and film
65 Sofia Curtis Fictional character
66 Clem Curtis 1940 British boxer and singer
67 Keene Curtis 1923 American actor
68 Curtis Glencross 1982 Canadian ice hockey player
69 Curtis T. McMullen 1958 American mathematician and Fields medallist
70 Curtis Fuller 1934 American jazz trombonist
71 Curtis Johnson 1961 American football coach
72 Kenneth M. Curtis 1931 American diplomat
73 Curtis Jerrells 1987 American basketball player
74 Curtis Pride 1968 American baseball player
75 Curtis Priem American businessman
76 Chris Curtis 1941 British musician
77 Liane Alexandra Curtis 1965 American actress
78 Peter Theo Curtis 1968 American journalist, writer, released hostage
79 Curtis Main 1992 English footballer
80 Drew Curtis 1973 Founder of fark.com
81 Curtis Nelson 1993 English footballer
82 Kevin Curtis 1978 American football player
83 Curtis Knight 1929 Musician
84 Curtis Manning Character from the television series 24
85 Curtis Lemansky
86 Curtis Turner 1924 American racing driver
87 Wanda Curtis 1975 Hungarian pornographic actress
88 Curtis Rona 1992 Rugby player
89 Curtis Luck 1996
90 Mike Curtis 1943 American football player
91 Simon Curtis 1986 American actor and musician
92 Amanda Curtis 1979 Montana state legislator
93 Curtis Lee 1939 American musician
94 Benjamin Robbins Curtis 1809 American politician
95 Curtis Obeng 1989 English footballer
96 Curtis Modkins 1970 American football coach
97 Curtis Grant 1992 American football player
98 Curtis Salgado 1954 American musician
99 Shannon Curtis American musician
100 Curtis Harrington 1926 Film director
101 Curtis Young 1986 American football player
102 Curtis Amy 1929 American musician
103 Samuel Curtis 1805 Union Army general
104 Dick Curtis 1902 Actor
105 Curtis Reed
106 Curtis Weston 1987 Footballer
107 Curtis Fleming 1968 Irish international footballer
108 Hood Surgeon 1981 American rapper and disc jockey
109 Curtis Howe Springer 1896 American radio evangelist
110 Curtis Bean Dall 1896 American stockbroker and candidate for Vice-President of the United States
111 Curtis Osano 1987 Footballer
112 John Curtis 1978 English footballer, born 1978
113 Curtis Graves 1938
114 Curtis Sironen 1993 Rugby league player
115 Curtis Cooper American mathematician
116 Brandon Curtis American musician
117 Curtis D. Wilbur 1867 American judge
118 Caylian Curtis 1981 Czech pornographic actress and model
119 Neil Curtis Character in Days of Our Lives
120 Alexandra Curtis 1991
121 Catie Curtis 1965 American musician
122 Curtis Rowe 1949 American basketball player
123 Curtis Callan 1942 American physicist
124 Isaac Curtis 1950 American football player
125 Curtis Carlson 1945 American businessman
126 Mickey Curtis 1938 Japanese actor and singer
127 Ann Curtis 1926 American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
128 Curtis Cregan 1977 American actor
129 Curtis Berry 1959 A retired American professional basketball player
130 George William Curtis 1824 American writer
131 Curtis Santiago Canadian dance musician
132 Curtis Dvorak 1974 Football mascot
133 Stoney Curtis American pornographic film director, actor, producer
134 Ernesto De Curtis 1875 Italian composer
135 Zac Curtis 1992 An American professional baseball pitcher
136 Curtis P. Iaukea 1855 American politician
137 Bonnie Curtis 1966 American film producer
138 Chet Curtis 1939 News anchor, reporter
139 Bill Curtis 1948
140 John R. Curtis 1960 American politician
141 Michael Curtis American television producer and writer
142 Curtis Brinkley 1985 Player of American football
143 Curtis Sumpter 1984 American basketball player
144 Curtis Roads 1951 American composer
145 Curtis Hairston 1961 American soul/funk singer-songwriter
146 Curtis Ebbesmeyer 1943 American oceanographer
147 Curtis Bernhardt 1899 German film director
148 Natalie Curtis 1875 American ethnomusicologist
149 Curtis Jobling 1972 British writer and illustrator
150 Curtis McKenzie 1991 Canadian ice hockey players
151 Curtis Leschyshyn 1969 Canadian ice hockey player
152 Curtis Bowen 1974 Canadian ice hockey player
153 Katherine Whitney Curtis 1897 Synchronized swimmer
154 Curtis Brown 1976 Canadian ice hockey player
155 Curtis Staples 1976 American basketball player
156 Don Curtis 1927 American professional wrestler
157 Curtis Taylor 1985 Player of American football
158 Curtis Wright 1955 American singer
159 Curtis Borchardt 1980 American basketball player
160 Curtis Stinson 1983 American basketball player
161 Curtis Pitt 1977 Australian politician
162 Ali Curtis 1978 American soccer player
163 Asahel Curtis 1874 American photographer
164 Curtis McGrath 1988 Australian paracanoeist
165 Tom Curtis 1947 All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive back, safety, College Football Hall of Fame member
166 Curtis Dickey 1956 American football player
167 Betty Curtis 1936 Italian singer
168 John B. Curtis 1827 Businessman
169 Deborah Curtis 1956 Widow of Ian Curtis
170 Curtis McClinton 1939 Professional American football player
171 Rebecca Curtis 1976 American writer
172 Curtis Jordan 1954 American football player
173 Chuck Curtis 1935 American football player and coach
174 Lionel George Curtis 1872 British official and writer
175 Curtis G. Culin 1915 American soldier
176 Curtis Cokes 1937 American boxer
177 William Curtis 1746 British scientist
178 Curtis Keeble 1922 British diplomat
179 Curtis Bush 1962 American boxer
180 Curtis Frazier 1955 American politician
181 Curtis Blair 1970 American basketball player
182 Pavel Curtis American computer scientist
183 Curtis Hutson 1934 American minister
184 Lettice Curtis 1916 English female aviator; Air Transport Auxiliary pilot
185 Curtis Whitley 1969 American football player
186 Carl Curtis 1905 American politician
187 Curtis J. Crawford American business executive
188 Heber Doust Curtis 1872 American astronomer
189 Curtis Edwards 1994
190 Mark Curtis 1959 American journalist
191 Curtis Robb 1972 British athlete
192 Alison Curtis 1977 Canadian musician
193 Mac Curtis 1939 American rockabilly musician
194 Thomas Curtis 1873 American athlete
195 Alan Curtis 1930 British actor
196 Curtis W. Fentress 1947 American architect
197 Scott Curtis 1976 American actor
198 Jazz Curtis
199 Curtis Beach 1990 American decathlete
200 William J. R. Curtis 1948 British architectural historian