Given name & surname · also Middle English
Knott
Knott is a given name from Middle English, ultimately from Old Norse.
Original Old NorseKnútr
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Knott comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Knott developed from Knútr.
Knott’s family of names
In English usage, Knott developed from the Old Norse form Knútr.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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