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Kurt

Pronunciation: KERT (key)
Names related to Kurt: Curt, Kurtis
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Origin of the name Kurt:

A pet form of the Germanic Konrad, a derived from the Old High German Kuonrat (wise counsel), a compound name composed of the elements kuon (bold, wise) and rat (counsel).

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My brother is named Kurt. He had trouble with people either (1) calling him Kirk or (2) wanting to call him Kurtis.

My name is Kurt Rencel. An friendly person but Short-tempered and Violent. My mother know that my birthday has an permanent rainy day because on my birth, there's a sudden rainy cloud then it sealed at me. So many people would call me 'Sephiroth'.-Zirukurt01

Nicknames for Kurt: | Edit

Kurdt, Curt, Curtis, krut, krutsky, Kurty

Meanings and history of the name Kurt: | Edit

Kurt is a given name. Its principal English variant is Curt, while others include Cord, Curd, and Kort. It originated as a short form of Curtis, Konrad (Conrad), and Kunibert. Curt also means to be impolitely brief. Also some of sub-meanings are "Full of wisdom", "Courteous" & "Brave ruler"

Kurt is an combination of an Japanese name "Kuon(Bold, Wise)" and an name of an animal "Rat(Counselor)"
[Btw, I've lived in Japan for over 20 years and I think the above is bull. But I'll leave it there since I didn't write it.]

Its name days are November 12 (Sweden), November 26 (Norway) and September 13 (Australia).

Kurt also appears as a family name.

Famous real-life people named Kurt: | Edit

Kurt Cobain, lead singer/guitarist of Nirvana.
Kurt Vonnegut writer
Kurt Russell, American film actor

Kurt in song, story & screen: | Edit

Kurt Hummel, a character on TV show "Glee"
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner), a fictional X-men character
Kurt Ambrose, a lieutenant commander of Halo: Ghosts of Onyx

Hallo! Kurt(Ohayou! Spank) is an anime created from Japan

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