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It’s most likely a creative spelling of Knox. The Dutch would pronounce Knox with a hard K instead of a silent K hence just getting rid of the letter K entirely. It also looks more like another popular name, Jax.

This message was edited 4/24/2024, 9:05 AM

I recommend taking a look at the submitted entry of Noks and comparing it with Nox, even though the former is a feminine name and extremely rare in the Netherlands:

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https://www.behindthename.com/name/noks/submitted (in English)

By making a quick Google search in Dutch, I could find three different theories:

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1. A direct derivation from the Roman name.

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2. A variant of Knox.

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3. A short form of Lennox, which seems plausible, since Lennox has somewhat risen in popularity in modern times.

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Sources:

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1.

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-https://www.zwangerenportaal.nl/15-korte-jongensnamen-babynamen
-https://www.24baby.nl/babynamen/nox

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2.

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-https://www.babybytes.nl/namen/meisjes/Nox

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3.

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-https://www.babynamen.nl/naam/nox/
-https://nvb.meertens.knaw.nl/naam/is/Lennox

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Unfortunately, the Nederlandse Voornamenbank doesn't provide the meaning of Nox, so I had to get the theories from baby name websites.

Pushing this up, in case anyone has an idea :)