Given name & surname · also Bavarian

Knop

“button”

Knop is a surname from Bavarian, ultimately from Old High German. It is used in German and Polish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Knop goes back to Old High German Knopf, meaning “button.”

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Where it comes from

Knop comes from Bavarian, and ultimately from Old High German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old High German Knopf (“button”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Knop, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Bavarian

Knack

“neck”

No U.S. birth series

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Old High German

Knüttel

“knot”

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Old High German

Zumpf

Zumpf is a surname from Middle High German, ultimately from Old High German. It is used in German.

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Old High German

Trošt

Trošt is a surname from Middle High German, ultimately from Old High German. It is used in Slovene.

No U.S. birth series

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Germanic

Otwin

“wealth, riches” · “friend”

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>99% boys

Old High German

Kotilainen

“home”

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Old High German

Omundus

Omundus is a masculine given name from Old High German. It is used in Latin.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old High German

Offenburg

Offenburg is a surname, possibly from Old High German. It is used in German.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Knop’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Knop