Curtiss

A boys’ name of Old French origin, meaning courteous; a spelling variant of Curtis.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Curtiss by the numbers

Curtiss was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 126 babies in 1959, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Curtis

Like Curtiss, each of these traces back to Curtis: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Kurtcourteous or bold, from kort; a form of Curtis93 in the US (2017)
  • Cortshort; a form of Curtis20 in the US (2017)
  • Curtcourteous; a form of Curtis or Kurt11 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Curtiss. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Curtiscourteous, polite; from curtis427 in the US (2017)
  • Crisscurly-haired; a form of Crispin8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Curtiss

Names that are said the same way as Curtiss, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kurtiscourteous; a form of Curtis82 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Curtiss

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