Borrowed from Spanish Ortiz.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɔɹˈtiz/, /ɔɹˈtis/

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], 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.

• 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.

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

• Hyphenation: Or‧tiz

Ortiz anim

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

• → Spanish: Ortiz

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

Borrowed from Spanish Ortiz.

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

Ortiz (Badlit spelling ᜂᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

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

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

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

Ortiz m or f by sense

1. a surname

Borrowed from Spanish Ortiz.

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

Ortíz (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

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

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