Ortiz
Ortiz is a Spanish-language patronymic surname meaning "son of Orti". "Orti" seems to be disputed in meaning, deriving from either Basque, Latin fortis meaning "brave, strong", or Latin fortunius meaning "fortunate". Officials of the Spanish Inquisition in Toledo, Spain, wrote in the 1590s that "this surname Ortiz, although they have few sanbenitos, is in this city a very converso lineage and surname".
People
- Aaron Ortiz, U.S. politician, Illinois state Representative
- Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz, president of Ecuador 1996–1997
- Abimelec Ortiz, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Adalberto Ortiz, Ecuadorian novelist, poet and diplomat
- Aldo Ortiz , Mexican professional wrestler
- Alfonso Ortiz, Native American cultural anthropologist
- Alfredo Ortiz, American businessman; president and CEO of Job Creators Network since 2014
- Álvaro Ortiz , Mexican football player
- Ana Alicia Ortiz, Mexican-American actress
- Andersson Ortiz, Guatemalan footballer
- Baby Ortiz, Cuban baseball player
- Bernardo Ortiz de Montellano, Mexican writer and Contemporáneos magazine founder
- Beto Ortiz, Peruvian-American journalist, TV personality, and writer
- Carlos Ortiz , Puerto Rican boxer
- Carlos Julián Ortiz, Cuban freestyle wrestler
- Celso Ortiz, Paraguayan football player
- Claudette Ortiz, American soul singer
- Claudia Ortiz, Peruvian beauty pageant winner
- Daniel Ortiz, multiple people
- Danny Ortiz, Guatemalan football player
- Darwin Ortiz, American gambler, magician, and author
- David Ortiz, Dominican baseball player
- Deborah Ortiz, American politician, state senator from California
- Desiree Ortiz, Venezuelan television host
- Dianna Ortiz, American Roman Catholic nun kidnapped and tortured by the Guatemalan defense forces in 1989
- Diego Ortiz, Spanish composer and music theorist
- Diogo Ortiz de Villegas, Spanish-Portuguese theologian and astronomer
- Domingo Antonio Ortiz, Paraguayan naval officer and supreme court judge
- Domingo Ortiz, American musician
- Elín Ortiz, Puerto Rican actor, comedian and producer
- Emmanuel Ortiz, Chicano/Puerto Rican/Irish-American activist and poet
- Enrique Ortiz, multiple people
- Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izarduy,, Spanish singer-songwriter
- Eulalio Martín Gutiérrez Ortiz, president of Mexico 1914–1915
- Félix Ortiz, American politician in the New York Assembly
- Fernando Ortiz Fernández, Cuban essayist, ethnomusicologist, and scholar of Afro-Cuban culture
- Fernando Ortiz Arana, Mexican politician and legislator
- Francisco Ortiz Franco, Mexican journalist
- Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, Spanish artist
- Gerardo Ortiz, Mexican singer
- Guillermo Ortiz Martínez, governor of the Bank of Mexico
- Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Mexico
- Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz, Cuban boxer
- Héctor Ortiz, multiple people
- Héctor Ortiz Ortiz, governor of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala
- Héctor Herrera Ortiz, Cuban Olympic medalist in the 800 meters
- Hilda Clayton, née Ortiz, American U.S. Army combat photographer
- Ismael Ortiz, Panamanian swimmer in the 2004 Olympics
- Juan Laurentino Ortiz, Argentine poet
- Junior Ortiz, Puerto Rican baseball catcher
- Joell Ortiz, American rapper
- John Ortiz, American actor and co-founder of LAByrinth Theater Company
- Jorge Ortiz
- Jorge Ortiz
- José Ortiz, numerous individuals
- Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez , conspirator and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence
- Juan David Ortiz, American serial killer
- Judith Ortiz Cofer, Puerto Rican author
- Kayden Ortiz, Road Runner & Risk Taker
- Leonor de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz, Princess of Asturias
- Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, Queen of Spain
- Lisa Ortiz, American voice actress
- Lucas Ortíz, Uruguayan footballer
- Ludwig Ortiz, Venezuelan judoka
- Luis Ortiz, multiple people
- Manuel Ortiz de Zárate, Chilean artist
- Manuel Antonio Ortiz, president of Paraguay 1840–1841
- Marisela Escobedo Ortiz, Mexican social activist, killed while protesting the murder of her daughter
- Martha Ortiz, Mexican chef
- Oliver Ortíz, Mexican footballer
- Omar Ortiz, Mexican football player
- Opie Ortiz, American tattoo artist and musician
- Ortiz , American professional wrestler
- Oscar Alberto Ortiz, Argentine football player, and winner of the 1978 World Cup
- Óscar Ortiz , Salvadoran politician
- Óscar Ortiz , Mexican tennis player
- Pascual Ortiz Rubio, president of Mexico 1930–1932
- Paul Ortiz , American history professor and author
- Paul Ortiz , British guitarist and musician
- Pedro Ortiz Dávila , Puerto Rican popular singer
- Peter J. Ortiz, Colonel in U.S. Marine Corps who served with OSS in Occupied France
- Ramón Ortiz, Dominican baseball player
- Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz, Argentine writer, journalist, essayist, and poet
- Ricky Ortiz or Richard Young, American professional wrestler
- Richard Ortiz, Paraguayan footballer
- Roberto María Ortiz, president of Argentina 1938–1942
- Russ Ortiz, American baseball player
- Shalim Ortiz, Puerto Rican/Dominican-American singer and actor
- Solomon P. Ortiz, US Representative from Texas
- Stalin Ortiz, Colombian basketball player
- Telma Ortiz Rocasolano, sister of Letizia, Queen of Spain
- Tito Ortiz, American mixed martial arts fighter
- Tony Ortiz, American sportscaster and sports talk show host
- Vergil Ortiz Jr., American boxer
- Victor Ortiz, American boxer
- Víctor Manuel Ortiz, Puerto Rican politician
- Xavier Ortiz, Mexican actor and singer
- Yolanda Ortiz Espinosa, Cuban diver
- Yñigo Ortiz de Retez, Spanish maritime explorer
Fictional characters
- Liza Ortiz, in the American television series Fear the Walking Dead
- Valentina "Val" Ortiz, from the 2024 Pixar film ''Inside Out 2''