Larry Jones

(male), (female) Pet form of Laurence or Lawrence, sometimes used as an independent given name, as in the case of the American actor Larry Hagman (b. 1931). As a girl's name it is a pet form of Larissa.

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).