Surname of Spanish origin. Surname of Spanish conquistador he explored in Mexico, named Hernán Cortés. Bermejo Sea, Sea of California or Sea of Cortez, are other names given to the Gulf of California in Mexico. is one of the common names of a tree in Central America. It is also called cortez, yellow bark, yellow flower. Its scientific name is Tabebuia ochracea or also Handroanthus ochraceus. It belongs to the Family Bignoniaceae. It has yellow flowers and blooms in the middle of summer. Courteous, can also mean attentive, polite, affable, restrained, considerate, correct, kind, fine, gallant. .