Knut

Knut is a male first name.

Variants

  • Knud
  • Knudt
  • Knuth
  • Canute
  • Canut
  • Canuto
  • English: Canute
  • Finnish: Knutti
  • Danish: Knod

Origin and Meaning

Knut is distributed as a name since the Middle Ages throughout North German and Nordic language area. It comes from the Old High German. The meaning of the name is not unique: The name is derived either from chnot ( " free", " noble " ) or chnuz ( " reckless ", " measure " ) from. Another origin may be the old Swedish word knot, the " node " meant, and in a broader sense " family group ".

Name-day

  • January 7: St. Knud Lavard
  • July 10: Knut IV, the Holy

Bearers of the name

Ruler

  • Knut I., King of Denmark ( 934 )
  • Knut II the Great, King of England (1016-1035), Denmark (1019-1035) and Norway (1028-1035)
  • Knut III. the hardness, also called Hardi Knut, King of Denmark (1035-1042) and England (1035-1037, 1040-1042)
  • Knut IV, the Holy, King of Denmark (1080-1086)
  • Knud Lavard, Duke of Schleswig
  • , Also called Knut Knut I. Eriksson, King of Sweden (1167-1196)
  • Knut II, King of Sweden (1229-1234)

First name

  • Knut Bohwim ( born 1931 ), Norwegian actor, screenwriter and director
  • Knut of Denmark (1900-1976), Danish Prince and Crown Prince 1947-1953
  • Knut Folkerts ( born 1952 ), former RAF terrorist
  • Knut Hamsun (1859-1952), Norwegian writer
  • Knut Hartwig (actor ) ( 1891-1977 ), German actor and voice actor
  • Knut Hartwig ( footballer ) (born 1969 ), German football player and actor
  • Knut Hinz ( b. 1941 ), German actor
  • Knut Ipsen ( b. 1935 ), German legal scholar
  • Canuto Kallan ( born 1960 ), Danish painter
  • Knut Kiesewetter (* 1941), German musician
  • Knut von Kuhlmann - Stumm (1916-1977), German politician (FDP, CDU later )
  • Knut Pani ( born 1956 ), Mexican painter and sculptor
  • Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933), Danish polar explorer
  • Knut Reinhardt ( * 1968 ), German football player
  • Knut Schmidt -Nielsen (1915-2007), American biologist
  • Knut Steen (1924-2011), Norwegian sculptor
  • Knut Vollebæk ( b. 1946 ), Norwegian diplomat and politician
  • Knut Wicksell (1851-1926), Swedish economist
  • Knud Want Berger (1952-2012), German poet

Artist Name

  • Lord Knud ( Knud Kuntze; * 1944 ), German musician and radio presenter

Other

  • Knut ( polar bear ) ( 2006-2011 ), world-famous polar bear in Berlin Zoo
  • Male first name
  • Scandinavian personal name
Nobility Canute Lavard Harthacnut Canute II of Sweden Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
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