Curtis Family Name Sign
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- Powder-coated steel
- Made
- One piece, cut from a single sheet
- Outdoors
- Under cover, such as a porch or a sheltered wall
- Finishes
- Black, Silver, Copper, Red, White
- Sizes
- 12 Inch, 14 Inch, 18 Inch, 24 Inch, 30 Inch, 36 Inch
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Where the Curtis name comes from
The surname Curtis began as a nickname for a refined or courtly person. It comes from the Old French curteis, meaning polite, courteous or well-bred, a word that goes back to Latin cohors. The word joins curt-, meaning court, with the suffix -eis. The spelling with u belonged to Anglo-Norman French, while Paris wrote the same sound with o, which is why the modern French form is courtois. The name reached England with the Norman Conquest and spread from there across the British Isles.
The English word courteous grew from the same root, and Curtiss is an alternative spelling of the surname. Many people carrying the Hungarian surname Kertész took Curtis in English-speaking countries, because the two sound alike. As a given name, Curtis reached 72nd place among names for sons in the United States in 1963.