Fownes
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English
Etymology
From Old French faon (“fawn”), probably a nickname for a lively or frisky person.
Proper noun
Fownes (plural Fowneses)
- A surname from Old French.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Fownes is the 24447th most common surname in England, belonging to 168 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fownes”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 594.