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 Gerardo Ortiz, famous Mexican singer (born 1989) Aaron Ortiz, Illinois state Representative Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz (born 1952), president of Ecuador 1996–1997 Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003), Ecuadorian novelist, poet and diplomat Aldo Ortiz (a.k.a. Ricky Santana) (born 1960), Mexican professional wrestler Alfonso Ortiz (1939–1998), Native American cultural anthropologist Alfredo Ortiz, American businessman; president and CEO of Job Creators Network since 2014 Álvaro Ortiz (footballer) (born 1978), Mexican football player Ana Alicia Ortiz (born 1956), Mexican-American actress Bernardo Ortiz de Montellano (1899–1949), Mexican writer and Contemporáneos magazine founder Beto Ortiz (born 1978), Peruvian-American journalist, TV personality, and writer Carlos Ortiz (boxer) (1936–2022), Puerto Rican boxer Carlos Julián Ortiz (born 1974), Cuban freestyle wrestler Carlos Ortiz Longo(born 1962), American (Puerto Rico). US Space Program engineer, scientist, and pilot Celso Ortiz (born 1989), Paraguayan football player Claudette Ortiz (born 1981), American soul singer Claudia Ortiz (born 1981), Peruvian beauty pageant winner Daniel Ortiz (disambiguation), multiple people Danny Ortiz (1976–2004), Guatemalan football player Darwin Ortiz (born 1948), American gambler, magician, and author David Ortiz (a.k.a. Big Papi), (born 1975), Dominican baseball player Deborah Ortiz (born 1957), American politician, state senator from California Dianna Ortiz (1958–2021), American Roman Catholic nun kidnapped and tortured by the Guatemalan defense forces in 1989 Diego Ortiz (c. 1510–1580), Spanish composer and music theorist Diogo Ortiz de Villegas (1457–1519), Spanish-Portuguese theologian and astronomer Domingo Ortiz, American musician Elín Ortiz (1934–2016), Puerto Rican actor, comedian and producer Emmanuel Ortiz (born 1974), Chicano/Puerto Rican/Irish-American activist and poet Enrique Ortiz (disambiguation), multiple people Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izarduy (a.k.a. Enrique Bunbury), (Born 1967), Spanish singer-songwriter Eulalio Martín Gutiérrez Ortiz (1881–1939), president of Mexico 1914–1915 Félix Ortiz (born 1959), American politician in the New York Assembly Fernando Ortiz Fernández (1881–1969), Cuban, essayist, ethnomusicologist, and scholar of Afro-Cuban culture Fernando Ortiz Arana (born 1944), Mexican politician and legislator Francisco Ortiz Franco (1954–2004), Mexican journalist Francisco Pradilla Ortiz (1848–1921), Spanish artist Guillermo Ortiz Martínez (born 1948), governor of the Bank of Mexico Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia (born 1941), chief justice of the Supreme Court