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Jones

Jones

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A common English last name used especially in Wales and parts of England
  • proper noun
  • /dʒoʊnz/
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  • I had a friend named Andre Jones in Jackson, Ms.
  • Jones said
  • Jones et al
  • Jones (2009)

I had a friend named Andre Jones in Jackson, Ms.

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Examples

  • Uh, all due respect, Mrs. Jones, we're a progressive company.

  • Mrs. Jones is the most popular teacher at our school.

  • Anyway, back to your question, John Jones, what was the question?

  • There is no one doing what Jones is doing today.

  • You have my friend Danny Jones, who runs Concrete podcast.

  • I met you and Gwyneth Jones for the first time.

    Academic text (2011)
  • It was my producer, Stacey Jones, who had mentioned it.

  • Dear Diary, and so, I, Bridget Jones, am a singleton no more.

  • Brian Jones was here and recorded "the pipes of pan at Jajouka" with these musicians.

  • Will Smith, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Zeta Jones, Toby Jones.

Compounds

224 4.2

A number showing the average price of stocks in 30 large US companies

A number showing how the stock prices of 30 large US companies are doing

A measure that shows how 30 large American company stocks are doing

Davy Jones
  • Literature
2 9.9

A deep place under the sea thought to be where drowned sailors go

Surface Forms

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Etymology

The surname Jones comes from the common name John plus the ending -s, which meant 'son of John' or 'John's family'. Think of Johnson, which also means 'son of John', so Jones often shows a family that started with a man called John, especially in Wales and parts of England.