Corvo (surname)

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Corvo is a surname. It is derived from a nickname is the Italian, Portuguese, and Galician, literally meaning "raven" or "rook", from Latin {{lang|la|corvus}}. In Spanish the word has the meaning "crooked bend" (Latin: {{lang|la|curvus}})[https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=corvo Corvus], citing Dictionary of American Family Names 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