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Knights


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Origin Of The Surname Knights

Meaning Of The Surname Knights

Descendant of a Knight

Interesting Facts About Knights

Knights is a patronymic surname, denoted by the suffixed ‘s’ which is a possessive. It comes from the Old English ‘cnight’ meaning knight as in a warrior on horseback. As it is a patronymic surname it would have been given to the descendants of a knight, or perhaps to a servant or attendant of a knight.

Knights Statistics

Knights is the number 989 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 9,903 share the surname Knights in the UK.

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