Origin: Spanish, Portuguese
Meaning: a Spanish and Portuguese surname derived from Old French corteis or curteis meaning "courteous" or "polite".
It's also a habitational surname referring to someone who came from a place called Cortes, itself the plural form of corte meaning "court".
- Cortés (Spanish, Castalian, Galician, Valencian)
- Cortès (Catalan)
- Cortês (Portuguese)