Fountain Family History
Fountain Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from one or more of the places in France named Fontaine Fonteyne or Lafontaine (see Fontaine ). English: topographic name for someone who lived near a spring or well from Middle English fontayne (Old French fontaine) ‘spring fountain’ sometimes with a plural -s and synonymous with Well of which Fountain(es) may sometimes have been a translation.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022