Type Surname (from given name)
Usage Romanian

Meaning & History

Variant of Ionescu. French-Romanian playwright Eugène Ionesco (1909-1994), born Ionescu, is a famous bearer of this surname.

Related Names

VariantsIon, Ionescu
Other Languages & CulturesHovanesian, Hovhannisyan(Armenian) Ivanoŭ, Ivanow, Kazloŭ, Kazlow(Belarusian) Ivanov, Ivankov, Ivov, Vanchev, Vanev, Vankov, Vantchev, Yanev, Yankov(Bulgarian) Ivanović, Ivanković(Croatian) Janda, Janíček, Jandáček(Czech) Jensen, Jenson, Johannessen, Johansen(Danish) Jans, Jansen, Jansens, Jansing, Jansingh, Jansink, Janson, Janssen, Janssens, Janzen, Yancy(Dutch) Evanson, Hanson, I'Anson, Janson, Jeanes, John, Johns, Johnson, Jones, Hancock(English) Janssens(Flemish) Jean(French) Jans, Janson, Janz, Gensch, Jahn(German) Giannopoulos, Ioannidis(Greek) Jankovics(Hungarian) Jensson, Jóhannsson(Icelandic) Nana, Nani, Nanni, Nannini, Zanetti, Zunino(Italian) Jansons(Latvian) Valjean(Literature) Jonaitis(Lithuanian) Ivanov, Ivanovski, Jovanovski(Macedonian) Jansen, Jensen, Jenssen, Johannessen, Johansen(Norwegian) Janda(Polish) Ivanov(Russian) Ivanović, Jovanović, Ivanković(Serbian) Juan(Spanish) Janson, Jansson, Johansson, Jonsson(Swedish) Ivanov(Ukrainian) Bevan, Evans, Jones(Welsh)
Entry updated July 11, 2018