The surname Courvoisier or de Courvoisier is in origin a French word, meaning 'shoemaker'. The word comes from Old French courveis ('leather') which itself comes from the Latin word Cordubense meaning 'from Cordova', originally referring to a kind of leather associated with that city.[1]
The name may refer to:
- Ludwig Georg Courvoisier (1843–1918), a Swiss surgeon
- Walter Courvoisier, Swiss composer, son of Ludwig Georg Courvoisier
- Fritz Courvoisier, Swiss watchmaker, military and political figure
- Leopold Courvoisier, Swiss astronomer
- Jean Joseph Antoine de Courvoisier, French magistrate and politician
- René Courvoisier, Swiss field hockey player
- François Benjamin Courvoisier (d.1840), valet and murderer of Lord William Russell
- Sylvie Courvoisier, Swiss composer and musician
References
- ↑ "corviser | corvisor, n.", Oxford English Dictionary Online, 1st edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press), accessed 29 June 2020.
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