Curt

A boys’ name of Germanic origin, meaning courteous; a form of Curtis or Kurt.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Curt by the numbers

Curt was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 720 babies in 1960, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.

Names that come from Curt

Forms of Curt in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Kortshort; a form of Curt13 in the US (2017)
  • Kirtchurch; a form of Kurt or Curt3 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that come from Curtis

Like Curt, each of these traces back to Curtis: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Curtiscourteous, polite; from curtis427 in the US (2017)
  • Kurtiscourteous; a form of Curtis82 in the US (2017)
  • Curtisscourteous; a spelling variant of Curtis5 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Curt. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cortshort; a form of Curtis20 in the US (2017)
  • Courtfrom the courtyard or royal court6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Curt

Names that are said the same way as Curt, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kurtcourteous or bold, from kort; a form of Curtis93 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Curt

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