Given name & surname

Fontenot

“one who is special”

Fontenot is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “one who is special.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One French interpretation is “one who is special.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is French.

How it developed

From French Fontenot.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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