Knowles

A surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. A placename, from the surname:

    1. An unincorporated community in Madera County, California, United States.

    2. A small town in Beaver County, Oklahoma, United States.

    3. An unincorporated community in the town of Lomira, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States.

Origin

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

Forms

Knowleses Knoles Knollys Noles

Derived

Mount Knowles