Curt

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Kurt in US United States, DE Germany, DK Denmark and 19 more and K'Urt in TR Türkiye.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Curt is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name11K records spelled Curt9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Canada

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Corte, Corti, Corté, Côrte, Cortè

• a separate given name8.6K records spelled Curt2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada

  Also written Çürt

• Portuguese given name6.8K records spelled Curt3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Portugal, Canada

  Also written Čurt, Çürt

• Finnish given name1.8K records spelled Curt6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Sweden, Canada

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Corte, Ćurt, Čurt

• Italian given name580 records spelled Curt6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Côrte, Cürt, Còrtè, Čurt, Córté

• Greek given name576 records spelled Curt4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, Latvia, United Kingdom

  Also written Kert, Čurt, Κερτ

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Curt is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• 1 German: variant spelling of KURT . 2 English: originally an Anglicized spelling of German KURT , but now also used as a short form of CURTIS . Association with the vocabulary word curt ‘brusque’ does not seem to have harmed its popularity. Top

  as a word

• In Swedish, a male given name, a less common spelling of Kurt

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In lld, brief, short

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, short-tailed

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 131 years between 1880–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Curt Sachsb. 1881DEGerman musicologist (1881–1959)
• Curt Haaseb. 1881DEGerman general (1881–1943)
• Curt Goetzb. 1888DEGerman actor and writer (1888-1960)
• Curt Courantb. 1899DEGerman cinematographer (1899-1968)
• Curt Boisb. 1901DEGerman actor (1901–1991)
• Curt Siodmakb. 1902DEGerman-American writer
• Curt Sternb. 1902DEGerman geneticist (1902–1981)
• Curt Swanb. 1920USAmerican artist (1920-1996)
• Curt Lowensb. 1925DEGerman actor (1925-2017)
• Curt Hennigb. 1958USAmerican professional wrestler (1958–2003)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 281 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Curt?

We estimate roughly 112 thousand people bear Curt (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Curt have the most bearers?

Curt is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled kurt.

How common is Curt compared with other names?

In Germany, Curt is the 108th most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

Is Curt a male or female name?

Curt is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Curt mean?

Recorded meaning: Originally an Anglicized spelling of the German name Kurt (contracted form of CURTIS Konrad; see }Conrad), but now also used as a short form of Curtis.