# Towle

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #99,951

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Placer County, California, United States, named after lumbermen George and Allen Towle.

## Etymology
* As an English surname, from Middle English Tolle, a pet form of Anglo-Norman Torald, common name in Normandy from Old Norse Thóraldr, from Þórr (“Thor”) + vald (“rule, power”) (from Proto-Germanic *waldą).
* The Middle English name was also Anglicized from Old Norse Tóli; see Tooley. Compare also Tolson.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Towell.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/towle