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Kurt

OriginGerman, diminutive of Kurtis
Meaning"courteous, polite"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · boys#2271

2025 SSA

US rank · girlsUnranked

Below 5 births

About Kurt

A name that defines itself, a bit more curt in the harder K version.

Kurt is also given to girls.

Pronounced KURT.

As of October 2026, Kurt ranked #2271 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #109 in 1964.

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Famous Kurts

  • Kurt Donald CobainBoy

    American musician of band Nirvana

  • Kurt VonnegutBoy

    American author

  • Kurtis Eugene "Kurt" WarnerBoy

    American NFL player

  • Kurt Vogel RussellBoy

    American actor

  • Kurt AlderBoy

    German chemist and Nobel prize winner

  • Kurtis "Kurt" FullerBoy

    American actor

  • Kurtis Kiyoshi "Kurt" SuzukiBoy

    American baseball player

  • Kurt WuthrichBoy

    Swiss chemist and Nobel Prize winner

  • Kurt Hugo SchneiderBoy

    American musician

  • Kurt Friedrich GödelBoy

    logician, mathematician, and philosopher

  • Kurt Steven AngleBoy

    American pro wrestler

  • Kurt Thomas BuschBoy

    American NASCAR driver

  • Kurt Samuel VileBoy

    American singer,songwriter

Kurt in pop culture

  • Kurt HummelBoy

    Chris Colfer's character on TV's "Glee"

  • Kurt von TrappBoy

    fourth child in "The Sound of Music" ("That's the one I left out! God bless Kurt.")

  • Kurt MartinBoy

    Zack and Cody's father on "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" and "The Suite Life on Deck"

  • Dwight Kurt SchruteBoy

    Rainn Wilson's character on TV's "The Office"

  • Kurt Wagner aka NightcrawlerBoy

    Marvel comics character

  • KurtBoy

    character from the movie "Ant,Man"

  • Kurt HansenBoy

    Character in "Cyberpunk 2077, Phantom Liberty"

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