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."corviser | corvisor, n.", Oxford English Dictionary Online, 1st edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press), accessed 29 June 2020.
Notable people with the name include:
François Benjamin Courvoisier (died 1840), valet and murderer of Lord William Russell Fritz Courvoisier, Swiss watchmaker, military and political figure Jean Joseph Antoine de Courvoisier, French magistrate and politician Leopold Courvoisier, Swiss astronomer Ludwig Georg Courvoisier (1843–1918), Swiss surgeon René Courvoisier, Swiss field hockey player Sylvie Courvoisier, Swiss composer and musician Walter Courvoisier, Swiss composer, son of Ludwig Georg Courvoisier
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