Origin and popularity of the name FONTAINE

Origin

Fontaine : 1: French and Walloon: topographic name for someone living near a spring or well from Old French fontaine from Late Latin fontana a derivative of Latin fons (see Font); or a habitational name from Fontaine the name of several places in various parts of France. Compare Fountaine.2: Shortened form of French Lafontaine a variant of 1 above.3: English: variant of Fountain or a surname of French (Huguenot) origin (see 1 above).

Fontenelle : French: topographic name from a diminutive of Old French fontaine ‘spring well’ (see Fontaine) or a habitational name from (La) Fontenelle the name of several places in various parts of France of the same origin.

Fontenette : French: topographic name from a diminutive of Old French fontaine ‘spring well’ (see Fontaine) or a habitational name from Fontenette the name of several places mainly in the central part of France of the same origin.

Fontenot : French: variant of Fonteneau (and in North America an altered form of this) a topographic name from a diminutive of Old French fontaine ‘spring well’ (see Fontaine) or a habitational name from any of several places mainly in the westcentral part of France so named. The surname Fontenot is very rare in France.

Fountain : 1: English (of Norman origin): from one or more of the places in France named Fontaine Fonteyne or Lafontaine (see Fontaine).2: English: topographic name for someone who lived near a spring or well from Middle English fontayne (Old French fontaine) ‘spring fountain’ sometimes with a plural -s and synonymous with Well of which Fountain(es) may sometimes have been a translation.

Lafontaine : French:: 1: topographic name for someone living near a spring or well a variant of Fontaine with fused feminine definite article la or a habitational name from Lafontaine or La Fontaine names of several places in various parts of France.2: soldier's name from la fontaine ‘the fountain’; it was one of the most common nicknames (noms de guerre) among French soldiers (see Lafleur).

Prefontaine : French (Préfontaine): from pré (de la) fontaine a topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow (pré) with a spring (fontaine); or a habitational name from Préfontaine the name of several places in the northern part of France. This surname is not found in France.

Van Tine : Americanized form (also Vantine) of Dutch Fonteyn: variant of Fonteijn a topographic name for someone living near a spring or well from fontein a loanword from French fontaine (see Fontaine).

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