Knute

Where Knute comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Knute.

  • Vowel-ended
Knute through the years
  1. 1843
    Knute Nelson born
    American lawyer and politician
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1888
    Knute Rockne born
    American football player and coach
  4. 1893
    Peak, #836
    7 babies named Knute, its best rank.
  5. 1894
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Knute Rockne · American football player and coach, 1888–1931
  • Knute Nelson · American lawyer and politician, 1843–1923
  • Knute Johnsgaard · Canadian cross-country skier, born 1992
  • Knute Hill · American politician, 1876–1963

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.