MEANING & HISTORY
What does Knox mean?
Knox is a Scottish surname used as a first name. The place-related surname is connected with Scots knock and Gaelic cnoc, hill or rounded hill.
The final x reflects the surname’s established spelling. Its immediate history is geographical, not the English verb knock, and it does not establish a bearer’s Scottish ancestry or residence on a hill.
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Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
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Origin and name formation
Scottish
Dictionary accounts by language
Cebuano
From English Knox, from Scottish Gaelic cnoc.
a male given name from English
English
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cnoc (“round hill”).
A male given name from the surname.
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.