Ortega Family History
Ortega Name Meaning
Spanish: habitational name from any of several places in Spain named Ortega from ortiga ‘nettle’ (from Latin urtica). Spanish: possibly also a nickname from ortega ‘(female) black grouse’ a word derived from Greek ortyx ‘quail’. In some cases possibly also southern French: topographic name of Old Occitan origin a cognate of 1 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022