Ortega

Family name
name = Ortega
meaning = from Latin urtica
region = Spain, within the Autonomous Communities of: Aragon, Asturias, Basque Country, Cantabria, Castile, Galicia, Navarre, La Rioja, Castile and León.
language = Spanish, Latin
related names = Ortega, de Ortega, Ortegada, Ortegal, Hortega, Ortiga, Ortigueda, Ortigueira, Ortigosa, and Orreaga
search = Ortega

Ortega is a Spanish surname. Ortega comes from the Latin word urtica, a nettle plant with venomous needles. Some of the Ortega spelling variants are: Ortega, de Ortega, Ortegada, Ortegal, Hortega, Ortiga, Ortigueda, Ortigueira, Ortigosa, Orreaga, etc. In Italian the surname is "Ortica", in Romanian it is "Urzică", in French it is "Ortie", all from Latin "urtica".

"Ortega" also means grouse in Spanish.

ee also

*Ortigas (surname)
*Ortiz