Knox

Where Knox comes from

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cnoc (“round hill”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Knox
  • From a surname
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #653 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1909
    Knox Cunningham born
    British politician
  3. 1954
    Knox Chandler born
    American musician
  4. 2025
    Peak, #196
    1,836 babies named Knox — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Knox Chandler · American musician, born 1954
  • Knox Cunningham · British politician, 1909–1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.