as a Last Name
- 13,214
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Fontaine
Meaning & Origins
Northern and central French: topographic name for someone who lived near a spring or well, Old French fontane, Late Latin fontana, a derivative of classical Latin fons (see Font).
| 2,758th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Fontenot, Fenton, Fontana, Fontes, Fontanez, Fonte, Font, Fontanilla, Fontenette, Fontan
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 13,214
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Fontaine per capita
Top state populations
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