| ![Show Contents]() Kurt History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Ireland
Etymology of KurtWhat does the name Kurt mean? The name Kurt comes from the ancient Scottish kingdom of Dalriada, where it was used to indicate someone who worked as a worker in brass. The name Kurt is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic "ceard", which refers to a craftsman, a traveling tinker who repaired pots and kettles, and a worker in brass. The family is believed to have made many of the Highland plaid brooches of brass. Early Origins of the Kurt familyThe surname Kurt was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. Early History of the Kurt familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kurt research. Another 196 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1275 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Kurt History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Kurt Spelling VariationsSince medieval scribes still spelled according to sound, records from that era contain an enormous number of spelling variations. In various documents Kurt has been spelled Caird, Kaird, Kerd, Keard, Ceard, Kerde, McIncaird, McKincaird, Kincaird and many more. Early Notables of the Kurt familyMore information is included under the topic Early Kurt Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Kurt RankingIn the United States, the name Kurt is the 17,700th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 Migration of the Kurt family to IrelandSome of the Kurt family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Kurt migration to the United States | + |
Descendents of Dalriadan-Scottish families still populate many communities across North America. They are particularly common in Canada, since many went north as United Empire Loyalists at the time of the American War of Independence. Much later, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the highland games and Clan societies that now dot North America sprang up, allowing many Scots to recover their lost national heritage. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Kurt, or a variant listed above:
Kurt Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Hans Kurt, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1749 2
- Ernst J Kurt, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1753 2
Kurt Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Henry Kurt, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1802 2
- Bernard Kurt, aged 25, who landed in Missouri in 1840 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Kurt (post 1700) | + |
- Simon Kurt Unsworth (b. 1972), British writer of supernatural fiction
- Erich Kurt Kästner (1911-2005), Academy Award-winning German movie camera designer
- Darwin Kurt Tibbetts OBE (b. 1954), Caymanian politician, Leader of Government Business (2005 to 2009), Leader of the Opposition (2009 to 2011)
- Byron Kurt Lichtenberg Sc. D. (b. 1948), American engineer and fighter pilot who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions
- Kurt Mercer Eversley (b. 1970), Guyanese-born former cricketer who played for the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Kurt Martti Wallenius (1893-1984), Finnish Major General
- Kurt Vandendriessche, Belgian actor, theatre director and performer
- Kurt Böhme (1908-1989), German opera singer
- Kurt Hüller, German cameraman, known for Peter Strohm (1989), Ärzte (1994) and Extra Drei (1976)
- Kurt Westerberg (b. 1950), American composer who was born in Naperville, Illinois
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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