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Pronunciation
  
/kɜːrt/German: [kʊʁt]

Related names
  
Konrad, Conrad

Gender
  
Male

"Kurt" is a male name of Germanic origin. Sometimes confused with Curt, which is more aptly related to the Anglo-Norman name "Curtis". "Kurt","Cord","Curd","Curtain","Curtains", and "Kort" originated as short forms of Germanic 'Konrad" or "Conrad", depending on geographical usage. Accepted meanings include counselor, advisor, "bold" counselor.

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Its name days are November 12 (Sweden) and November 26 (Norway).

People

  • Curd Jürgens (1915-1982), German-Austrian actor
  • Curt Schilling (born 1966), American baseball player
  • Curt Smith (born 1961), British musician, member of Tears for Fears
  • Curt Stone (born 1922), American long-distance runner
  • Kurt Angle (born 1968), American wrestler
  • Kurt Asle Arvesen (born 1975), Norwegian racing cyclist
  • Kurt Beck (born 1949), German politician (SPD)
  • Kurt Biedenkopf (born 1930), German politician (CDU)
  • Kurt Browning (born 1966), Canadian figure-skater
  • Kurt Busch (born 1978), American NASCAR driver
  • Kurt Cobain (1967-1994), American musician, member of the band Nirvana
  • Kurt Epstein (1904–75), Czechoslovakian Olympic water polo player
  • Kurt Gödel (1906-1978), German mathematician
  • Kurt Großkurth (1909-1975), German actor and singer
  • Kurt Hahn (1886-1974), German educator, creator of Outward Bound
  • Kurt Hamrin (born 1934), Swedish football player
  • Kurt Hensel (1861-1941), German mathematician
  • Kurt James (born 1972), American musician
  • Kurt Jara (born 1950), Austrian football player and coach
  • Kurt Kafentzis (born 1962), American football player
  • Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904–1988), German politician, Chancellor of West Germany 1966-1969
  • Kurt Krakowian (born 1964), Child actor
  • Kurt Krenn (born 1936), Austrian bishop
  • Kurt (Kubrat) (632–665 AD), Bulgar statesman
  • Kurt Lamm (1919–87), German-born American soccer player, coach, manager, and administrator
  • Kurt Loder (born 1945), American media correspondent
  • Kurt Looby (born 1984), Antiguan basketball player
  • Kurt Mann (born 1993), Australian rugby league project
  • Kurt Masur (1927-2015), German conductor
  • Kurt Nilsen (born 1978), Norwegian singer
  • Kurt Roberts (born 1988), American shot putter
  • Kurt Russell (born 1951), American actor
  • Kurt von Schleicher (1882-1934), German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany 1932-1933
  • Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948), German painter
  • Kurt Sinette (born 1974), Trinidad and Tobago boxer
  • Kurt Student (1890-1978), German air force general
  • Kurt Suzuki (born 1983), American baseball player
  • Kurt Tucholsky (1890-1935), German journalist
  • Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), American writer
  • Kurt Voss (born 1963), American film director
  • Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007), Austrian politician, UN Secretary General 1972-1981, convicted Nazi war criminal.
  • Kurt Warburton, English mixed martial arts fighter
  • Kurt Warner (born 1971), American football player
  • Kurt Weill (1900-1950), German-American composer
  • Kurt Westergaard (born 1935), Danish cartoonist
  • Kurt Wolff (1887-1963), German publisher
  • Kurt Wubben (born 1972), Dutch marathon ice speed skater

    • Fictional characters

  • Curt Wild, character in the movie Velvet Goldmine
  • Colonel Kurt Von Strohm, a character in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
  • Kurt-051, character in Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
  • Kurt Dierker, a character from the game The Saboteur
  • Kurt Hummel, character in the TV series Glee
  • Kurt von Trapp, a character in the musical The Sound of Music
  • Kurt Wagner (comics), also known as Nightcrawler, Marvel comic book superhero
  • Kurt Wallander, detective in the works of Henning Mankell
  • Kurt Splicer, character from the webcomic Station
  • Wolf in Turkish language.

    • References

    Kurt Wikipedia
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