Curtis

Where Curtis comes from

From Old French corteis and curteis (Modern French courtois (“polite, courteous”). Doublet of courteous.
— Wiktionary's entry for Curtis
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #186 among boys — 68 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1945
    Curtis Hanson born
    American filmmaker
  3. 1963
    Peak, #72
    5,376 babies named Curtis — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #98.
  5. 2001
    Curtis Jones born
    English association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Curtis Jones · English association football player, born 2001
  • Curtis Hanson · American filmmaker, 1945–2016
  • Curtis Davies · English association football player, born 1985
  • Curtis LeMay · American general and politician, 1906–1990
  • Curtis T. McMullen · American mathematician and Fields medallist, born 1958

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.