Cortez

Where Cortez comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Cortez.

Cortez through the years
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1914
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1990
    Peak, #532
    346 babies named Cortez, the most in any year.
  4. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #970.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Cortez in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.