M. D. Knowles

Knowles () is an English surname of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Viking origins. This is a locality name meaning 'at the knoll,' a hill or summit, derived from Old English word cnolle and Old Norse word “knollr” meaning “hilltop” and thus describes a person who lived at such a place. Literally “The people of the hill.” It can also be an Anglicized version of the Irish name Ó Tnúthghail. It literally means people of the tribe. Etymology From Old English cnoll (“summit”), from Proto-Germanic *knudan-, *k…