Knut

Knut

1. Alternative form of Cnut (“historical name”).

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From Old Norse Knútr, originally a byname; from knútr (“knot”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Knútur, Danish Knud and English Canute.

• IPA^(key): /knʉːt/

Knut

1. a male given name from Old Norse, meaning “knot”

• knut (“knot”)
• (surname): Knutsen, Knudsen

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• Knute (weak variant)

From Old Norse Knútr, originally a byname; from knútr (“knot”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Knútur, Danish Knud and English Canute.

• IPA^(key): /knʉːt/

Knut m (definite Knuten)

1. a male given name from Old Norse, meaning “knot”

Patronymics:

• son of Knut: Knutsson
• daughter of Knut: Knutsdotter

• knut (“knot”)
• (surname): Knutsen, Knudsen

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Knut”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 23 638 males with the given name Knut living in Norway on January 1st 2023, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 4th March, 2023.

From Old Norse Knútr, cognate with Danish Knud and English Canute.

• IPA^(key): /knʉːt/
• Rhymes: -ʉːt

Knut c (genitive Knuts)

1. a male given name

• (surname): Knutsson

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 15 750 males with the given name Knut living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.