Where Does the Curt Surname Come From?

Many Curt families will find their roots under Curtz, the form most records use. The name is usually explained as “Short”.

A variant of Curtz

Before spelling was fixed, Curtz was also written Curt. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Curtze.

How common is Curt?

French birth records list 1,747 children named Curt between 1891 and 2000. According to the 2010 US Census, the Curt surname had 293 bearers.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Curtz and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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