Fones Family History
Fones Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): variant of Fone usually with post-medieval excrescent -s from Middle English foun faun (Old French foun faon) ‘young animal cub’ especially ‘young fallow deer a fawn’. Possibly an Americanized form of German Fanz a nickname for a roguish or mischievous person from Middle High German vanz ‘joker rogue’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022