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Knowles (surname)

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Knowles
Pronunciation/nlz/
Language(s)English
Origin
Language(s)English
Meaning"at the knoll"
Other names
Variant form(s)Knollys, Knolles, Knoll, Knowle, Noll, Noel, Nowell

Knowles (/nlz/[1]) is an English surname of Old English origin. This is a locality name meaning 'at the knoll,' a hill or summit, derived from Old English word cnolle or Middle English knol,[2] meaning hilltop and thus describes a person who lived at such a place. It can also be an Anglicized version of the Irish name Ó Tnúthghail. It literally means people of the tribe.

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  • Bernard Knowles (1900–1975), English film director
  • Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (born 1981), American R&B singer and actress
  • Barry Knowles (born 1965), Liverpool Football Club supporter and "Spirit of Shankly" (Liverpool FC Supporters Union) member from Dudley, West Midlands

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  • Oliver Knowles, instrumentalist for the music group Snow Ghosts

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  1. ^ Jones, Daniel; Roach, Peter, James Hartman and William Newell, eds. Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary. 17th edition. Cambridge UP, 2006.
  2. ^ "Knoll".