Knox - Meaning of Knox

What does Knox mean?

[ syll. knox, kn-ox ] The baby boy name Knox is pronounced as N-KS †. Knox is largely used in English and its origin is Old English. The meaning of Knox is one from the hills.

Knocks, Knoks, and Knoxx are variant transcriptions of Knox.

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Knox is a popular baby boy name, and it is also perceived as trendy. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 2000s; before that, it was of sporadic use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2018, 0.088% of baby boys were named Knox. It was #219 in rank then. Within all boy names in its family, Knox was the most widely used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Knox include Knocks, Knoks, Knoxx, Énna (Irish), Naaz, Nagesh (Indian), Naj, Naje, Nakes, Nanjee, Nas (Spanish and English), Nash (English and Hebrew), Nashe (English), Naz, Nácek (Czech), Neace, Nease, Neece, Neese, and Neice.

† Pronunciation for Knox: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"



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