Knollys

English

Alternative forms

(surname): Knoles, Knowles, Noles

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived at the top of a hill, from a genitive or plural form of Middle English knoll (“hilltop, hillock”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /noʊlz/
Rhymes: -əʊlz

Proper noun

Knollys (countable and uncountable, plural Knollyses)

(countable) A surname from Middle English.

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