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)

1. (countable) A surname from Middle English.