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Knud (male)

Variants:Canute (M) Knut (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Danish, from Old Norse "knot", signifying 'a squat man'.

The 11th century king of Denmark, Norway and England was Anglicized as Canute.
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