Kurt

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Curt in RU Russia, SG Singapore, IL Israel 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 15 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◐

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

• Turkish given name717K records spelled Kurt6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Switzerland, Philippines

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Kürt, K'Urt, Kùrt, Ķurt

• Persian given name290K records spelled Kurt5 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Kürt

• Spanish given name87K records spelled Kurt8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Philippines, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written K'Urt, Kürt, Kúrt

• a separate given name18K records spelled Kurt2 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Kürt

• Polish given name18K records spelled Kurt17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Poland, United States, Croatia

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Croatian

  Also written Курт, Kürt, Kųřt, Kűrt

• Indonesian given name3.3K records spelled Kurt2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Switzerland

  Also written Kürt

79 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●

Kurt 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 German, from the personal name Kurt, a reduced form of Konrad.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, A male given name from the Germanic languages borrowed from German, a contracted form of Konrad.

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

• In German, ) Curt; Curd: alter deutscher männl. Vom., verselbstständigte Kurzform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In German, Kurt Tucholsky, deutscher Schriftsteller

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Swedish, Kurt (från Kordt) är en lågtysk sammandragen form av → Konrad. I både den rikssvenska och finlandssvenska almanackan 12 november.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

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) — 122 years between 1894–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Kurt von Schleicherb. 1882DEGerman chancellor (1882-1934)
• Kurt Lewinb. 1890USGerman-American psychologist (1890-1947)
• Kurt Alderb. 1902DEGerman chemist (1902–1958)
• Kurt Georg Kiesingerb. 1904DEChancellor of West Germany (1966–1969)
• Kurt Gödelb. 1906ATAustrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906–1978)
• Kurt Waldheimb. 1918ATAustrian politician and diplomat (1918–2007)
• Kurt Vonnegutb. 1922USAmerican author (1922–2007)
• Gerhard Schröderb. 1944DEnot in their usual nameChancellor of West Germany (1998–2005)
• Kurt Russellb. 1951USAmerican actor (born 1951)
• Kurt Angleb. 1968USAmerican professional wrestler and 1996 Olympic gold medalist

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 · 1,118 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Kurt?

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

In which country does Kurt have the most bearers?

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

How common is Kurt compared with other names?

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

Is Kurt a male or female name?

Kurt 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 Kurt mean?

Recorded meaning: from an ancient Magyar clan name, from kiirt ‘hom’, possibly from the symbol of the tribe.