The story
- Middle English · derived fromknol“hilltop, hillock”
- English todayKnowles
Topographic surname for someone who lived at the top of a hill, from a genitive or plural form of Middle English knol (“hilltop, hillock”).
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishknol all →
knoll
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.