Given name & surname
Kurtis
“a courtier”
Kurtis is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “a courtier.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “a courtier.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1934. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Kurtis has a related form in Curtis. The history of Curtis gives this family its wider story. Curtis’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Kurtis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18,163
- 18,138 boys · 25 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 624 babies
- 2025
- 47
- #2,738 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 47 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,738 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 36.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 624 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,318 as a first name in 2020; 367 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kurtis’s family of names
In English usage, Kurtis has a related form in Curtis. Kurtis has a related form in Kurtiss. Kurtis has a related form in Kurtys.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Kurtis
- Kurtis MarschallAustralian athletics competitorborn 1997
- Kurtis BlowAmerican rapperborn 1959
- Kurtis FosterCanadian ice hockey defencemanborn 1981
- Kurtis ConnerCanadian YouTuber and stand-up comedian (born 1994)
- Kurtis RobertsAmerican motorcycle racerborn 1978
- Kurtis GabrielCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1993
- Kurtis PattersonAustralian cricketerborn 1993
- Miss FameAmerican drag queenborn 1985
- Kurtis MacDermidCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1994
Characters named Kurtis: Stryker (Mortal Kombat character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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