Knut (first name)
Knut is a male name .
variants
Origin and meaning
Knut has been used as a name in the entire North German and Nordic language area since the Middle Ages . It comes from Old High German . The meaning of the name is not clear: The name is derived either from chnot (“free”, “ noble ”) or from chnuz (“daring”, “measured”). Another origin can be the old Swedish word knot , which meant "knot", and in a broader sense "family group".
name day
Name bearer
Ruler
- Canute I , King of Denmark (around 934)
- Canute II the Great , King of England (1016-1035), Denmark (1019-1035) and Norway (1028-1035)
- Knut III. the hard , also called Hardiknut , King of Denmark (1035-1042) and England (1035-1037, 1040-1042)
- Canute IV. The Saint , King of Denmark (1080-1086)
- Knud Lavard , Duke of Schleswig
- Knut I , also known as Knut Eriksson , King of Sweden (1167–1196)
- Canute II , King of Sweden (1229–1234)
First name
Knut
- Canute of Denmark (1900–1976), Danish Prince and Crown Prince 1947–1953
- Knut Bohwim (1931–2020), Norwegian actor, screenwriter and director
- Knut Aastad Bråten (* 1976), Norwegian politician and journalist
- Knut Folkerts (* 1952), former RAF terrorist
- Knut Hamsun (1859–1952), Norwegian writer
- Knut Hartwig (1891–1977), German actor and voice actor
- Knut Hartwig (* 1969), German soccer player and actor
- Knut Hinz (* 1941), German actor
- Knut Hoffmeister (* 1956), German media artist
- Knut Ipsen (* 1935), German legal scholar
- Knut Kiesewetter (1941–2016), German musician
- Knut Kircher (* 1969), German football referee
- Knut von Kühlmann-Stumm (1916–1977), German politician (FDP, later CDU)
- Knut Pani (* 1956), Mexican painter and sculptor
- Knut Reinhardt (* 1968), German soccer player
- Knut Schmidt-Nielsen (1915-2007), American biologist
- Knut Steen (1924–2011), Norwegian sculptor
- Knut Terjung (* 1940), German journalist
- Knut Vollebæk (* 1946), Norwegian diplomat and politician
- Knut Wicksell (1851-1926), Swedish economist
Knud
- Knud Bielefeld (* 1967), German hobby name researcher
- Knud von Harbou (* 1946), German journalist
- Knud Jacobsen (1928–2019), Danish-Swiss painter, graphic artist, draftsman, wood cutter and sculptor
- Knud Enemark Jensen (1936–1960), Danish racing cyclist
- Knud Knudsen (1832–1915), Norwegian photography pioneer
- Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933), Danish polar explorer
- Knud Riepen (* 1981), German actor
- Knud Romer (* 1960), Danish writer
- Knud Wollenberger (1952–2012), Danish-German poet and MfS-IM
stage name
- Lord Knud ( Knud Kuntze; 1944–2020), German musician and radio host
Others
- Knut (2006–2011), world-famous polar bear in the Berlin Zoological Garden