Knut

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Means "whip" in Russian.

Anecdotally, while living in Sweden, I have heard that Knut was often saved for the youngest brother, as a way to "put a bow" on the family size.

"Knut" is the name of a character in the 2004 Italian children's cartoon "Winx Club", he's an ogre.

Knut Spildrejorde, Norwegian bodybuilder and popular Twitch streamer in the U.S.

Pronounced /'knʉːt/ (KNOOT) in Swedish. [noted -ed]

Continuing the tradition of commenting on name day, this is a very interesting name, but not one of my absolute favorites.

Awful name.

What an awful name!

This is the word of the day, don’t like it at all.

In English speaking countries, I feel like this would get misconstrued as "nut".

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Many nutty jokes:
A) ___ cracker
____ hugger
____
B) busta ___
numb ____

It's a very interesting name. At first I thought it was pronounced like Kuh-newt. That might be a mistake lots of people make, FYI.

Are we going to start naming our kids Sickle and Galleon now?

I named my stuffed animal Knut when I was 2 and I don't know why I did. But, she's stuck with that name now. And I love it.

I don't know why I like this name.

NOOT in English, and NUYT in Swedish and Norwegian.

Knut Anders Sorum is a Norwegian singer who represented his country in 2004 Eurovision with "High". He automatically qualified due to Jostein Hasselgard's Top 10 placing last year. Knut Anders did not crack the Top 10 however.

Notorious norwegian writer Knut Hamsun was a famous bearer of this regal norse name. He won the Nobel prize for literature, one of the most important writers in modern times from Norway, he criticized through his works the social and economic conditions of the norwegian population at the time, specially the countrymen.

Knuts are a currency used by wizards in Harry Potter.

Dyslexic people beware! You scramble a few letters around and you get 'kunt'
Not very flattering. :S.

In Edwardian England, "Knut" was used to mean an idle upper-class man-about-town.

Knute Rockne, American Football player and coach, born in Norway.

Knut Hamsun is one of my favourite writers and despite all controversy I still believe would make a great namesake.

This is the name of the famous polar bear that resides in the Berlin Zoo.

Knut the polar bear is amazing. It has made this name, which used to be nothing in Germany, have one of the cutest images on the planet. It is awesome.

Knut Bell is a Seattle-area musician.

Listen to the German pronunciation of Knut here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

The Norwegian author Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1920. During the German occupation of Norway, Knut Hamsun sided with the Nazis. After the war, he was shut up in a mental hospital.