Corvo (surname) explained

Corvo is a surname. It is derived from a nickname is the Italian, Portuguese, and Galician, literally meaning "raven" or "rook", from Latin Latin: corvus. In Spanish the word has the meaning "crooked bend" (Latin: Latin: curvus)^[1] The Spanish variant of "raven" is "Cuervo". Notable people with the surname include:

• Alberto Corvo (born 1963), Italian middle-distance runner
• Alex Corvo, Australian rugby league player and trainer
  • Baron Corvo (1860–1913), pseudonym of writer Frederick Rolfe Joe Corvo (born 1977), American ice hockey player in the NHL
• Mark Corvo (born 1973), Australian rugby league player
• Massimo Corvo (born 1959), Italian actor
• Rafael E. López-Corvo, Venezuelan-born medical doctor, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst

See also

• • Cuervo, the Spanish-language variant
• Corbo (surname), central-southern variant of Italian "corvo"

Notes and References

1. https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=corvo Corvus