- KnottA surname transferred from the given name.
- CanuteA male given name from the Germanic languages used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century.
- CnutA male given name from Old Norse, a historical spelling of Canute (Scandinavian Knut) in historical context.
- knoutA leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.
- valknutA symbol consisting of three interlocked triangles, used by ancient Germanic peoples, but of uncertain meaning.