Jones

See also: jones

English

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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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.

   • 1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night:

     If you had done anything drastic you would have told me so in your letter. You would have said, ‘Dear Peter, I have a case to submit to you; but before doing so I think it only right to inform you that I am engaged to Mr. Jones of Jesus.’
     […]
     ”Good God!” said Wimsey, turning to Harriet. “Is this by any chance Mr. Jones of Jesus?”
     ”Who are you calling a bloody Welshman?” snarled the young man, much exasperated. “My name’s Pomfret.”

   • 2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The bodies of 19-year-old best friends Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones were returned to Australia on Tuesday night.

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 Bridge
• Jones County
• Jones diagram
• Jones Island
• Jones plug
• Jonesport
• keep up with the Joneses
• Mrs. Jones

Related terms

• Johan
• Johns

Translations

transliterations of the English name "Jones"

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓊斯 / 琼斯 (zh) (Qióngsī)

• Greek: Τζόουνς (el) (Tzóouns)
• Māori: 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. [2]

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Jones

1. plural of Jone

See also

• jones

Anagrams

• Jeons

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjons/ [ˈd̪jon̪s̪]

Etymology 1

From English Jones.

Proper noun

Jones (Badlit spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔)

1. a surname from English

Etymology 2

After William Atkinson Jones.

Proper noun

Jones (Badlit spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜊ᜔ᜐ᜔)

1. a municipality of Isabela

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Jones.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔn/

Proper noun

Jones ?

1. a surname from English