Knowledge

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?

202458.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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.

  • JackGod is gracious · English
  • Hudsonson of Hudd · English
  • Jacksonson of Jack · English
  • Cartercart driver · English
  • Wyattbrave in war · English
  • Maverickindependent person · English
  • Masonstoneworker · English
  • Graysonson of the steward · English

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.