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The kort Surname

kort Name Meaning and History

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

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of kort Families in the US in 1920
Number of kort families
 13-23
 5-12
 1-4
 0
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