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Origin of the name KNUT.
Etymology of the name KNUT.
Meaning of the baby name KNUT.

  

KNUT.  Danish.  From Old Norse Knútr (q.v.), meaning "knot" or "hill."  Also spelled Knud. (History of Christian Names, Yonge, 1884).  Other forms include Canute, Canutus, Cnud, Cnut, Knute, and Knútur.

... King Gorm took the child on his lap, liked its appearance, poured water over it, and gave it the name of Knut, "the knot," because of the knotted linen on its breast that had contained the gold rings... (Family Names and Their Story, Baring-Gould, 1910)

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