Kurt
A boys’ name of Old High German origin, meaning courteous or bold, from kort; a form of Curtis.
Kurt by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Kurt. In the US, 93 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 3,155 babies in 1964, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Curtis
Like Kurt, 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.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kurt. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kortshort; a form of Curt13 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kurt
Names that are said the same way as Kurt, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Curtcourteous; a form of Curtis or Kurt11 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean courage
Like Kurt, each of these has courage in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Wyattbrave in war9,768 in the US (2017)
- Andrewmanly, brave8,228 in the US (2017)
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Leonardobrave lion; from Germanic elements4,113 in the US (2017)
- Everettbrave as a wild boar3,814 in the US (2017)
- Tristanbold, sorrowful; from Pictish origin3,333 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kurt
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