Knill Family History
Knill Name Meaning
English (Devon): topographic name for someone who lived by a knoll from Middle English knill ‘knoll hill hilltop’ (Old English cnyll(e)) or a habitational name from a place so named such as Knill (Herefordshire) and Kneela in Black Torrington (Devon); compare Knell . German and Swiss German: variant of Knell .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022