Akwai ƴan tafsirin kalmar "Curtiss," dangane da mahallin. Anan ga kaɗan kaɗan:Curtiss: sunan mahaifi na asalin Ingilishi, ma'ana "ɗan Curtis." Curtis ya samo asali ne daga tsohuwar kalmar Faransanci "curteis," ma'ana "mai ladabi" ko "mai ladabi." Fitattun mutane masu sunan Curtiss sun haɗa da Glenn Curtiss, majagaba na jirgin sama na Amurka kuma wanda ya kafa Kamfanin Jiragen Sama na Curtiss da Motoci. Curtiss: sunan alamar babura da jirgin sama. The Curtiss Motorcycle Co. Glenn Curtiss ne ya kafa shi a shekara ta 1902 kuma ya kera babura har zuwa 1913. Kamfanin Jirgin Sama da Motoci na Curtiss an kafa shi a 1916 kuma ya kera jirage a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya. Curtiss-Wright Corporation: Kamfanin masana'antu na Amurka ne wanda ke samar da kayayyaki iri-iri da suka hada da abubuwan da ke cikin sararin samaniya, bawul ɗin masana'antu, da tsarin samar da wutar lantarki. An kafa kamfanin ne a cikin 1929 ta hanyar haɗin gwiwar Kamfanin Jirgin Sama na Curtiss da Kamfanin Motoci da Wright Aeronautical Corporation. Curtiss" an yi niyya.