Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the surname Jones

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Surname JONES

SOURCE: Given Name

USAGE: English, Welsh

PRONOUNCED: JONS (English) [key]

Meaning & History

Derived from the given name Jon, a medieval variant of JOHN.

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OTHER LANGUAGES: Hovanesian (Armenian), Ivanov, Ivankov, Yanev (Bulgarian), Ivanović, Janković (Croatian), Janiček (Czech), Johansen, Hansen (Danish), Jans, Jansen, Jansens, Jansing, Jansingh, Jansink, Janssen, Janssens, Yancy (Dutch), Jans, Janson (German), Giannopoulos, Ioannidis (Greek), Jóhannsson (Icelandic), Mallon, Malone, Mollown, Ó Maoil Eoin (Irish), Nana, Nani, Nanni, Nannini, Zanetti, Zunino (Italian), Ivanov (Macedonian), Johansen (Norwegian), Ionesco, Ionescu (Romanian), Ivanov (Russian), Ivanović, Jovanović, Janković (Serbian), Jankovic (Slovak), Jankovič (Slovene), Jansson, Johansson, Hansson (Swedish), Ivanov (Ukrainian)