Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Old German : Brave counsel Boy name variations Conrad Rad Konrad Conroy Cort Con Conrado Kurt How Popular Is The Name Curt Family name origins & meanings English : variant of Court.Americanized spelling of German Kurt.Catalan : from curt ‘short’ (Latin curtus ‘cut short’, ‘broken off’), hence a nickname for a short man.