Kunst Family History
Kunst Name Meaning
German and Dutch: from Middle High German Middle Low German and Middle Dutch kunst ‘wisdom skill’ a nickname for a knowledgeable or skillful person skilled craftman. German and Dutch: from a short form of the personal name German Konstantin Dutch Constantinus equivalents of Constantine . German: from a short form of the personal name Konrad . Czech and Slovenian; Croatian (also Kunšt): from a word of German origin (see 1 above) meaning ‘wisdom skill’ which (written in Czech kumšt in Slovenian and Croatian kunšt) formerly acquired the negative connotation ‘trickery’ in Czech also ‘joke’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Kunst ‘skill art’ (compare 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022