Kurt (surname)

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Kurt is a Turkish surname literally meaning "wolf".^[1] It may also be a Hungarian surname Kürt ("horn") spelled without diactirics

Kemal Kurt (1947-2002), Turkish author, translator and photographer
Sabahudin Kurt (born 1935), Bosnian singer
Seyhan Kurt, French-Turkish poet, writer and sociologist
Ümit Kurt (born 1991), Turkish footballer
Yaşar Kurt (born 1968), Turkish rock artist
Yeliz Kurt (born 1984), Turkish female middle distance runner
Ahmet Kurt Pasha, 18th Century Ottoman governor

Elvira Kurt (Kürt Elvíra), Hungarian-born Canadian comedian

References

↑ Güncel Türkçe Sözlük, kurt: (Canis lupus)

Family and given names derived from the word "wolf"

Germanic	Volf, Ulf Wolfe, Wolf, Wolff, Wulf, Woolf, De Wolfe Wolfson, Wolfsohn Wolfowitz

Romance	Lupus Loup, Leloup Lobo López, Lopes Lupo Lupu, Lupul, Lupescu

Slavic	Wilk, Wilczek, Wilczyński Vlk Vuk, Vukić, Vuković, Vučić, Vujić (and numerous variants) Volkov, Volchenkov Vovk

Other	Farkas Kurt Otxoa Ze'ev/Zev

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