Curtiss
Curtis or Curtiss is a common English given name and surname of Anglo-Norman origin, deriving from the Old French curteis which was in turn derived from Latin cohors. Nicknames include Curt, Curty and Curtie.
Meaning & Origin of Curtiss
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Curtis or Curtiss is a common English given name and surname of Anglo-Norman origin, deriving from the Old French curteis which was in turn derived from Latin cohors. Nicknames include Curt, Curty and Curtie.
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The Story of Curtiss
The earliest SSA record of Curtiss as a baby boy name dates back to 1896, when 6 babies received it. 1959 was its biggest year on record, with 126 newborns named Curtiss — #681 in the national rankings. Curtiss last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Curtiss
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- Adam Curtis (born 1955), English television documentarian
- Alan Curtis (disambiguation)
- Alexander Curtis (disambiguation)
- Alice B. Curtis (1874–1956), American suffragist, writer
- Alice Turner Curtis (1860–1958), American writer
- Alison Curtis (born 1977), Canadian Irish radio presenter
- Allen Curtis (1877–1961), American film director
- Andrew Curtis (cricketer) (born 1943), English cricketer
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Names that sound like Curtiss
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About the name Curtiss
Curtiss is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1896 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Curtiss's peak popularity came in 1959 when it ranked #681. Use the chart and map above to compare Curtiss's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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