Given name & surname
Knudsen
Knudsen is a surname from Danish. It is used in English, Danish, and Norwegian Nynorsk.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Danish usage, Knudsen as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Knud.
Knudsen’s family of names
In Danish usage, Knudsen as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Knud. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Knudsen as a surname has a related form in KNUTSEN. In Danish usage, Knudsen as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Nynorsk form KNUTSEN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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