Baby name
STABLE
🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇩🇪 Kurt
/KOORT/
Meaning
“Short or bold counsel”
Germanic form of Conrad from Old Norse 'Kurt' meaning short or bold counsel.
Nicknames
kurt · kurtie
Vibe
strongplayful
How it ages.
Germanic and Scandinavian baseline; English-speaking association with Kurt Cobain 1990s onward.
The cultural moment.
Germany and Austria baseline stable; Scandinavia constant; US minimal adoption except 1990s Cobain effect period.