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Knud
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Usage
Old Danish
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish
Greenlandic
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Origin and Meaning
Danish form of Knut [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Related Names
See Knútr
Patronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Knudinpoika |
|
| Knudsen |
|
| Knudson |
|
| Knudssen |
|
| Knudsson |
|
| Knudssøn | 
|
| Knudßøn (17th century) |
|
| Knudsøn |
|
Female
| Knuddatter |
|
| Knudintytär |
|
| Knudsdatter |
|
| Knudsdotter |
|
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Knud |
| Genitive: | Knuds |
| - Finnish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Knud |
| Genitive: | Knudin |
| Partitive: | Knudia |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Knud |
| Genitive: | Knuds |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Knud |
| Genitive: | Knuds |
Name Days
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7 January |
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10 July |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
- Denmark:
- A name mentioned in Danmarks gamle Folkeviser
- Riberhus Lens Jordebog 1585 [7]
- Sweden:
- 1860 [3]
Strongest Period of Usage
- Denmark:
- Top 10 in the 17th century in Fyn [8]
- Top 13 in the 17th century in Sydvestjylland and in Nordvestjylland [8]
- Top 14 in the 17th century in Sjælland [8]
- 1920-1939 [4]
- 1985- [4]
- Norway:
- 1940-1950 [6]
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Knud Kristensen (26 October 1880 – 28 September 1962), Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark 7 November 1945 to 13 November 1947
- Knud Christian Frederik Michael (27 July 1900 – 14 June 1976), Hereditary Prince of Denmark
- Knud Pedersen (26 December 1925 – 18 December 2014), Danish artist and resistance man
Trivia
Statistics
Name Count per Country (What's this?)
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Denmark[9] |
  |
12709 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
12709 | n.a. |
| Greenland[10] |
  |
262 | 816 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Sweden[11] |
 |
141 | 275 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 275 |
| Finland[12] |
 |
n.a. |
37 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
37 |
 Iceland[13] |
  |
1 | 3 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Norway[14] |
|
158 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
158 | n.a. |
| #: count of main first name only | |||||||
| &: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
| Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
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Top List Ranking
Sources: [15]
References
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Niels Cl. Hansen: Bøndernavnene i Ribe Amt i 16. Århundrede (1933)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Navnemode og modenavne (1993)
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables