# Canute (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/canute/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Norman |
| Meaning | “knot” |
| Pronunciation | /kəˈn(j)uːt/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cnut |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Canut, from Anglo-Norman *Canut, Kenut (compare Medieval Latin Canūtus), from Old Norse Knútr, possibly originally a byname meaning "knot".

## In other languages

- Danish: Knud
- Dutch: Knoet
- Finnish: Nuutti
- German: Knut
- Icelandic: Knútur
- Latin: Canutus
- Lithuanian: Knutas
- Norwegian: Knut
- Polish: Kanut
- Portuguese: Canuto
- Russian: Кнуд
- Spanish: Canuto
- Swedish: Knut

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.