Kurt
German, diminutive of Kurtis
"courteous, polite"
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Kurt Origin and Meaning
The name Kurt is a boy's name of German origin meaning "courteous, polite".
A name that defines itself, a bit more curt in the harder K version.
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Famous People Named Kurt
- Kurt Donald CobainAmerican musician of band Nirvana
- Kurt VonnegutAmerican author
- Kurtis Eugene "Kurt" WarnerAmerican NFL player
- Kurt Vogel RussellAmerican actor
- Kurt AlderGerman chemist and Nobel prize winner
- Kurtis "Kurt" FullerAmerican actor
- Kurtis Kiyoshi "Kurt" SuzukiAmerican baseball player
- Kurt WuthrichSwiss chemist and Nobel Prize winner
- Kurt Hugo SchneiderAmerican musician
- Kurt Friedrich Gödellogician, mathematician, and philosopher
- Kurt Steven AngleAmerican pro wrestler
- Kurt Thomas BuschAmerican NASCAR driver
- Kurt Samuel VileAmerican singer,songwriter
The name Kurt in Pop Culture
- Kurt HummelChris Colfer's character on TV's "Glee"
- Kurt von Trappfourth child in "The Sound of Music" ("That's the one I left out! God bless Kurt.")
- Kurt MartinZack and Cody's father on "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" and "The Suite Life on Deck"
- Dwight Kurt SchruteRainn Wilson's character on TV's "The Office"
- Kurt Wagner aka NightcrawlerMarvel comics character
- Kurtcharacter from the movie "Ant,Man"
International Variations of the name Kurt
- KortDutch
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