Kurt

German, diminutive of Kurtis
"courteous, polite"

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.

# 957 in the US

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Famous People Named Kurt

  • Kurt Donald Cobain
    American musician of band Nirvana
  • Kurt Vonnegut
    American author
  • Kurtis Eugene "Kurt" Warner
    American NFL player
  • Kurt Vogel Russell
    American actor
  • Kurt Alder
    German chemist and Nobel prize winner
  • Kurtis "Kurt" Fuller
    American actor
  • Kurtis Kiyoshi "Kurt" Suzuki
    American baseball player
  • Kurt Wuthrich
    Swiss chemist and Nobel Prize winner
  • Kurt Hugo Schneider
    American musician
  • Kurt Friedrich Gödel
    logician, mathematician, and philosopher
  • Kurt Steven Angle
    American pro wrestler
  • Kurt Thomas Busch
    American NASCAR driver
  • Kurt Samuel Vile
    American singer,songwriter

The name Kurt in Pop Culture

  • Kurt Hummel
    Chris Colfer's character on TV's "Glee"
  • Kurt von Trapp
    fourth child in "The Sound of Music" ("That's the one I left out! God bless Kurt.")
  • Kurt Martin
    Zack and Cody's father on "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" and "The Suite Life on Deck"
  • Dwight Kurt Schrute
    Rainn Wilson's character on TV's "The Office"
  • Kurt Wagner aka Nightcrawler
    Marvel comics character
  • Kurt
    character from the movie "Ant,Man"

International Variations of the name Kurt

  • Kort
    Dutch

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