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Surname Etymology and Meaning of JONES

Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

(origin: Heb.) The same as John or Johns, and signifies gracious.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

English and Welsh: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John). The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)