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Across the world, Kunz (Kunz , Кунц , كونز) is a rare dominantly boy's, but infrequently feminine first name. The first name Kunz is habitual in Switzerland, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, Germany, where it is a rare boy's name, and Vietnam, where it is a very rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Germany, China, and Switzerland. Much more frequently, Kunz is the last name as well as the forename.
Kunz is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kunz Vogelgesang , the operatic character in the opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner; furrier, mastersinger and Kunz Gilgenstock , the operatic character in the opera Feuersnot by Richard Strauss.