Jones

English surname derived from John

"God is gracious"

Jones Origin and Meaning

The name Jones is a boy's name of English origin meaning "God is gracious".

Quintessentially common last name makes distinctive if problematic first, given to nearly 100 babies in the US in the most recent year counted.

Jones Rank in US Top 1000

# 946 in the US

Jones Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 918 on Nameberry

Jones Popularity

• 946 US 2022
• 918 Nameberry 2024
• 137 Unique 2019
• 783 Future 2028

20 Names Similar to Jones

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• Haskell
• Jonesy
• Janek
• Wilkes
• Rawlings
• Booth
• Georgie
• Jennings
• Basie
• West
• Whistler
• Smith
• Roscoe
• Dodie
• Bishop
• Price
• Banks
• Coleman
• Briggs
• Miller

Famous People Named Jones

• Jones Crow American photographer
• Jones stage name of Cherie Jones,Mattis, British female singer,songwriter
• Jones McCoy Romo (b. 2017) son of American football player Tony Romo
• Archer Jones Sebastian (b. 2014) son of singer Guy Sebastian & Jules Egan
• Jones Robert ( b. 2020) son of Rocky Barnes.

Jones in Pop Culture

• Jones Lux's boyfriend on TV's "Life Unexpected"
• Jones farmer in George Orwell's "Animal Farm"
• Jones cat in the 1979 film "Alien"
• To "jones" for something means to want it very badly.