Knowledge: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “knowledge”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- NAHL-ij · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (95% of all uses)
English vocabulary word used rarely as a given name. It belongs to the small group of word names, sometimes overlapping with virtue-style naming traditions.
How popular is Knowledge?
Babies named Knowledge in 2024194
2024 rank#1,140 boys
Peak year2020
Total US babies since 18802,335
Knowledge is rising: use over the last five years is 3.6× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Knowledge
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Knowledge questions
What does the name Knowledge mean?
Knowledge means "knowledge". It comes from English. English vocabulary word used rarely as a given name. It belongs to the small group of word names, sometimes overlapping with virtue-style naming traditions.
Is Knowledge a boy or girl name?
Knowledge is mainly a boy's name in US records (95% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Knowledge?
194 US babies were named Knowledge in 2024. Its peak year was 2020.
How do you pronounce Knowledge?
Knowledge is usually pronounced NAHL-ij.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.