Meaning and Origin of: Kort

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Boy name origins & meanings:

German : Bold adviser

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Family name origins & meanings:

Dutch : nickname for a short person, from Dutch kort ‘short’.
German : from a pet form of the personal name Konrad.
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a weaver or cloth dealer, from Polish or Yiddish kort ‘cord’.
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : nickname for a gambler, from Yiddish kort ‘card’.