Curthoys
Curthoys, Curthose or Curthoise is an English surname. The surname is derived from the Old French curthose meaning "short boots".
The name may have been popularised as the epithet of Robert Curthose, who succeeded his father, William the Conqueror, as Duke of Normandy.
The surname is found recorded as Curtehose in 1210-11, and Curthose in 1287-8. Modern variants of the surname include.
Analysis of the 1881 Census in the United Kingdom shows that the surname was then mostly distributed in what is the Bristol postalcode area.
Some notable individuals with this surname include:
