Corvo (surname)

Corvo  is a surname. It is derived from a nickname is the Italian, Portuguese, and Galician, literally meaning "raven" or "rook", from Latin corvus. In Spanish the word has the meaning "crooked bend" (Latin: curvus) 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