Cortes Family History
Cortes Name Meaning
Spanish (Cortés) Catalan (Cortès) and Portuguese (Cortês); Italian (Sardinia): from a word meaning ‘courteous polite’ a derivative of corte ‘court’ (see Corte ) used as a nickname for a refined person sometimes no doubt given ironically. Spanish and Portuguese: habitational name from any of numerous places in Spain and Portugal named with cortes plural of corte ‘court’. English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Curtis .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022