Kevin Jones

(male) Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Caoimhín. Since the early 20th century it has been widely adopted throughout the English-speaking world.

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).