Given name & surname
Fontaine
“from the water source”
Fontaine is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “from the water source.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “from the water source.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fontaine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 337
- 200 boys · 137 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 459 as a first name in 2020; 11,416 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fontaine’s family of names
In English usage, Fontaine as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Fontana. Fontaine has a related form in Fontaene. Fontaine has a related form in Fontana.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Fontaine has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fontaine
- Julien NgoyBelgian association football playerborn 1997
- Fontaine La RueAmerican actress (1897-1976)
- Fontaine Chapmanbadminton playerborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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