Given name & surname
Curtice
“one who is courteous; polite”
Curtice is a variant of Curtis. One English interpretation is “one who is courteous; polite.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Curtice is a variant of Curtis. One English interpretation is “one who is courteous; polite.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Curtice is a variant of Curtis. An origin associated with Curtis is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Curtice is a variant of Curtis. The history of Curtis gives this family its wider story. Curtis’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Curtice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 32
- 32 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 123 as a first name in 2020; 814 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Curtice’s family of names
Curtice has a related form in Curtis.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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