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CURT
Surname or Lastname
Irish and Scottish
Irish and Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac CruitÃn ‘son of CruitÃn’, a byname for a hunchback (see McCurtain).English : from a diminutive of Court.
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German American Latin English French
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English
English : habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Warwickshire, named in Old Norse with topt, Old Danish toft ‘curtilage’, ‘site’, ‘homestead’.Scandinavian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads or place names derived from Old Norse topt ‘curtilage’, ‘site’, ‘homestead’.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Notre-Dame-de-Courson in Calvados, France, which was named with the Romano-Gallic personal name Curtius (from curtus ‘short’) + the locative suffix -o, genitive -onis. There is also a place called Curzon in Vendée, but this is not the source of the English surname.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Latin, Swedish
Polite; Courteous; Court-dweller; Courageous Advice; Form of Curtis; Short
Girl/Female
Tamil
Yavanika | யாவநீகா
Curtain of stage
Boy/Male
Indian
Curtailed, Shortened
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish (of Norman origin; also written De Coursey)
English and Irish (of Norman origin; also written De Coursey) : habitational name for someone from any of various places in northern France called Courcy, from the Romano-Gallic personal name Curtius (a derivative of Latin curtus ‘short’; compare Court 2) + the locative suffix -acum.
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English
English : topographic name or habitational name from a dialect variant of Old and Middle English toft ‘curtilage’, ‘site’, ‘homestead’, also applied to a low hillock where a homestead used to be. Compare Toft.Robert Taft (b. about 1640), lived in Braintree, MA, and subsequently Mendon, MA. Alphonso Taft (1810–91), jurist and politician born in Townshend, VT, was the father of William Howard Taft (1857–1930), 27th president of the U.S. and chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from a byname for a "courteous" person, from Old French curteis. The name later became associated with Middle English curt "short" and hose "leggings," taking on the CURTIS means "short leggings."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Curtailing, Shortening, Curtailed
Boy/Male
Indian
Curtailing, Shortening, Curtailed
Male
English
Short form of English Curtis, CURT means "courteous."
Boy/Male
French
Courteous.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Curtis.
Surname or Lastname
English
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.
Boy/Male
English French American
Courteous. See also Curt.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Curtailed, Shortened
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Curtis.Possibly an altered spelling of North German Gerdes.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a refined person, sometimes no doubt given ironically, from Old French, Middle English curteis, co(u)rtois ‘refined’, ‘accomplished’ (a derivative of Old French court, see Court 1).English : from Middle English curt ‘short’ + hose ‘leggings’, hence a nickname for a short person or one who wore short stockings. This nickname was borne by William the Conqueror’s son Robert, but it is not clear whether it has given rise to any surnames.Altered form of French Courtois.
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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Curtail
n.
One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters.
a.
Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as, curt limits; a curt answer.
v. t.
To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains.
n.
One who curtails.
imp. & p. p.
of Curtail
n.
The quality of bing curt.
n.
Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate.
pl.
of Curtesy
v. t.
To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
n.
Same as Curtana.
imp. & p. p.
of Curtain
n.
Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.
n.
The interval by which the curtate distance of a planet is less than the true distance.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Curtain
a.
Curt; brief; laconic.
n.
The act or result of curtailing or cutting off.
adv.
In a curt manner.