Names

Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations named Kwiatków, Kwiatkowo or Kwiatkowice, named from a diminutive of Polish kwiat meaning “flower”.

Cantonese romanization of Guan.

Patronymic form of Russian кузнец (kuznets) meaning “blacksmith”.

From Japanese 楠 (kusu) meaning “camphor tree” and 本 (moto) meaning “base, root, origin”.

Means “short” in German, ultimately from Latin curtus.

Means “short man” in German.

Means “short” in German, ultimately from Latin curtus.

Means “short man” in German.

Derived from the Hungarian word kuruc, referring to rebels who fought against the Habsburgs in the late 17th to early 18th century.

From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning “black” and 沢, 澤 (sawa) meaning “marsh”. A notable bearer was Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), a Japanese film director.