About the Curtiss Surname

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What Curtiss means

Curtiss is how some branches of the Curtis family came to write their name. The name is usually explained as “Courteous, refined”.

A variant of Curtis

Curtiss adds a patronymic ending to Curtis, marking ‘son of’ or ‘of the family of’. Related forms: Courtis and Curtois.

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