Ortiz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Ortiz.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɔɹˈtiz/, /ɔɹˈtis/

Proper noun

Ortiz (plural Ortizes)

1. A surname from Spanish.
   • 2025 January 26, Priscilla Alvarez, Rosa Flores, “Trump administration launches nationwide immigration enforcement blitz”, in CNN‎^[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 9 March 2025:

     In Tucker, another Atlanta suburb, an undocumented man attending church was arrested after ICE agents arrived, pastor Luis Ortiz told CNN.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ortiz is the 68^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 286,899 individuals. Ortiz is most common among Hispanic/Latino (93.11%) individuals.

Basque

Etymology

From Orti + -iz. Compare Latin Forticius and Forticius.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ortis̻/ [or.t̪is̻]

• IPA^(key): /ortis̻/ [or.t̪is̻] (most dialects)
• IPA^(key): /ortis̺/ [or.t̪is̺] (Biscayan)

 

• Rhymes: -ortis̻, -is̻

• Rhymes: -ortis̻, -is̻ (most dialects)
• Rhymes: -ortis̺, -is̺ (Biscayan)

• Hyphenation: Or‧tiz

Proper noun

Ortiz anim

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

Declension

Declension of Ortiz (anim C-stem)

	indefinite
absolutive	Ortiz
ergative	Ortizek
dative	Ortizi
genitive	Ortizen
comitative	Ortizekin
causative	Ortizengatik
benefactive	Ortizentzat
instrumental	Ortizez
inessive	Ortizengan
locative	—
allative	Ortizengana
terminative	Ortizenganaino
directive	Ortizenganantz
destinative	Ortizenganako
ablative	Ortizengandik
partitive	Ortizik
prolative	Ortiztzat

Descendants

• → Spanish: Ortiz

Further reading

• “Ortiz”, in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], Euskaltzaindia

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Ortiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔoɾtis/ [ˈʔoɾ̪.t̪ɪs̪]
• Hyphenation: Or‧tiz

Proper noun

Ortiz (Badlit spelling ᜂᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque]

Spanish

Etymology

From the Basque personal name Orti (cf. Latin Forticius, Fortunius).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈtiθ/ [oɾˈt̪iθ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /oɾˈtis/ [oɾˈt̪is] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθ (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -is (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Or‧tiz

Proper noun

Ortiz m or f by sense

1. a surname

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Ortiz.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔoɾˈtis/ [ʔoɾˈt̪ɪs]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: Or‧tiz

Proper noun

Ortíz (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque]