Knollys

English

Alternative forms

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.
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