Warrior, servant, or noble soldier
Derived from the Old English word 'cniht', which originally meant 'boy' or 'servant' before evolving into a title for a noble military rank. It represents a person of high social standing who served a monarch or lord as a mounted man-at-arms. In modern usage, it is a bold occupational surname-turned-first-name.
Less common today
Knight isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,042 in 2022.
A magical triple-decker bus for stranded wizards · Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The protagonist of the video game Hollow Knight · Hollow Knight
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
