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.

Kurt Rank in US Top 1000

# 957 in the US

Popularity of the name Kurt

• 1303 Nameberry 2025
• 952 Unique 2022
• 192 Germany 2016

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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"
• Kurt Hansen Character in "Cyberpunk 2077, Phantom Liberty"

International Variations of the name Kurt

• Kort Dutch