Jones

See also: jones

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəʊnz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoʊnz/

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• Homophone: jones
• Rhymes: -əʊnz

Etymology 1

Genitive of John.

Proper noun

Jones (countable and uncountable, plural Joneses or Jonesses)

2. An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name John.
   • 1886, Miss M. A. R. Tucker, “St. David's”, in Walford's Antiquarian: A Magazine & Bibliographical Review:

     It appears that Drs. Jones and Freeman account for the arch over the hagioscope at St. David's by saying, though without citing authorities, that there was a door there originally.

3. A placename
   1. A locality in Kenora District, north-west Ontario, Canada.
   2. A municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines.
   3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Autauga County, Alabama.
      2. An unincorporated community in Coles County, Illinois.
      3. An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
      4. An unincorporated community in Cass County, Michigan.
      5. A town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
      6. An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
      7. Two townships, in Elk County, Pennsylvania and Beltrami County, Minnesota, listed under Jones Township.
   4. Ellipsis of Jones County.

Derived terms

• Davy Jones
• Davy Jones's locker
• Jones County
• Jones diagram
• Jones plug
• keep up with the Joneses

 

Related terms

• Johan
• Johns

 

Translations

transliterations of the English name "Jones"

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓊斯 / 琼斯 (zh) (Qióngsī)

• Greek: Τζόουνς (el) (Tzóouns)
• Maori: Teone
• Russian: Джонс (ru) m or f (Džons)

surnames derived from the equivalents of "John"

• Finnish: Jussila (fi), Jussilainen (fi), Juhola (fi)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Jones is the 5^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1,425,470 individuals. Jones is most common among White (55.2%) and Black/African American (38.5%) individuals. [1]

Etymology 2

From Jone +‎ -s.

Proper noun

Jones

1. plural of Jone

See also

• jones

 

Anagrams

• Jeons

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From English Jones.

Proper noun

Jones

1. a surname from English

Etymology 2

After William Atkinson Jones.

Proper noun

Jones

1. A municipality of Isabela

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Jones.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔn/

Proper noun

Jones ?

1. a surname from English