Boy · Old English, through Scots
Knox
Say it: NOKS
Meaning
From a Scottish surname from Old English cnocc 'round hill, knoll'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Rose in the US after Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt named a son Knox in 2008.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 15,283 babies given this name since 1881
- At its height in 2018, about 1 in 1,100 boys
- 1,534 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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