Cortez - Meaning of Cortez

What does Cortez mean?

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Cortez

[ 2 syll. cor-tez, co-rt-ez ] The baby boy name Cortez is pronounced as KaoRTEHZ †. Cortez is mainly used in the English and Spanish languages, and its language of origin is Old French. Cortez is a variant form of the English and German name Curtis.

See also the related categories, spanish and french.

Cortez is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1990 with 0.016% of baby boys being given the name Cortez. It ranked at #533 then. The baby name has since markedly declined in popularity, and is today of irregular use. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Cortez, Curtis was the most commonly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Cortez include Cartah, Carthac (Irish), Carthage (Welsh), Cordas, Cratus, Curtice (English), Curtiz (English), Curtus, Curtys, Curtyss, Kardos, Kartall, Kartik, Kurtis (English), Caradec (English), Caradoc (English and Welsh), Caradog (English and Welsh), Courtis, Curtis (English and German), and Curtiss (English).

† Pronunciation for Cortez: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"