Across the world, קורץ (Kurz 
, Kurtz , Curtus 
) is a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely girly first name. The first name קורץ is habitual in Austria, where it is a rare boy's name, the United States, where it is a very rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently feminine name, and Italy, where it is a very rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Indonesia, and China. Much more frequently, קורץ is the last name as well as the forename.
קורץ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .