Curt

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Originally an Anglicized spelling of the German name Kurt (contracted form of CURTIS Konrad; see }Conrad), but now also used as a short form of Curtis

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kɝt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Curt is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Switzerland it is the 23rd most common given name.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 444as Kurt(inferred from the name graph)
  • DKDenmark1 in 538as Kurt
  • SESweden1 in 538as Kurt

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Curt itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈370,000 named Kurt, est.

#895 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
524 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 288K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

KurtLatin(measured from records)
เคิร์ทThai(measured from records)
쿠르트Hangul(measured from records)

Locally spelled Kurt in US United States, DE Germany, GB United Kingdom and 6 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Originally an Anglicized spelling of the German name Kurt (contracted form of CURTIS Konrad; see }Conrad), but now also used as a short form of Curtis.

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Curt counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Curt is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈370,000 est.≈1 in 3.8K—Kurt21
DE Germany#108≈180,000 est.≈1 in 4441Kurt227
US United States#40374,867as Kurt1 in 4.4K75KKurt524
SE Sweden#29018,961as Kurt1 in 53819KKurt84
GB United Kingdom#513≈14,000 est.≈1 in 4.6K55Kurt198
AT Austria#96≈13,000 est.≈1 in 673485Kurt137
DK Denmark#6810,910as Kurt1 in 53811KKurt133
CH Switzerland#23≈11,000 est.≈1 in 7951.2KKurt133
NL Netherlands—601 in 288K316Kurt57

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the de-leipzig-vornamen register; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Curt is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Philippines

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Cürt, Čurt, Çürt

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Çürt

  • Finnish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden, Finland, Canada

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Čurt, Ćurt

  • Italian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Čurt, Cürt

  • Greek given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Latvia

    Also written Kert, Κερτ, Čurt

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Curt is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • 1 German: variant spelling of KURT . 2 English: originally an Anglicized spelling of German KURT , but now also used as a short form of CURTIS . Association with the vocabulary word curt ‘brusque’ does not seem to have harmed its popularity. Top

    as a word

  • In Swedish, a male given name, a less common spelling of Kurt

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In lld, brief, short

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Romanian, short-tailed

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18801900192019401960Curt Sachs, b. 1881Curt Haase, b. 1881Curt Goetz, b. 1888Curt Courant, b. 1899Curt Bois, b. 1901Curt Siodmak, b. 1902Curt Stern, b. 1902Curt Swan, b. 1920Curt Lowens, b. 1925Curt Hennig, b. 1958

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Curt,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 63 sources across 35 countries.

Official registers attesting Curt
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202016K#1,826
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—5.1K#604
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20202.1K—
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—188#932
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—60#5,996
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—26#16,892
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202017#1,826
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20249—
AT AustriaStatistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)19963#630
AT AustriaStatistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)19961#762
DE GermanyStadt Leipzig Open Data — Vornamensstatistik Neugeborene20231#1
DE GermanyStadt Düsseldorf Open Data — Vornamen Neugeborene20101—

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Curt mean, and where does it come from?
Originally an Anglicized spelling of the German name Kurt (contracted form of CURTIS Konrad; see }Conrad), but now also used as a short form of Curtis. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
How do you pronounce Curt?
A machine transcription gives /kɝt/ (IPA) for English.
Is Curt a male or female name?
Curt is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Curt?
In the etymology graph, Kurt, Dino and Conrado are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Curtis and Kurtis.
In which country does Curt have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 366 thousand people named Kurt in China, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Curt most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Curt is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 288 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Curt?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 60 people named Curt, about 1 in 288 thousand residents.
How common is Curt compared with other names?
In Switzerland, Curt is the 23rd most common given name of 38,907 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Curt” — the 23rd most common given name in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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