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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Danish, Norwegian, and German : patronymic from a personal name derived from Old Norse Knútr meaning ‘knot’ (Danish Knud, Norwegian Knut, German Knuth). This was a Danish royal name, Latinized as Canutus.

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