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Curtis
Say it: KUR-tis
Meaning
From an English surname, Old French curteis 'courteous'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in the US from the 1800s and popular to the 1970s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1960s
In the United States
- 261,483 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1962, about 1 in 371 boys
- 357 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Curtis Mayfield, American singer
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.