With thanks to Viv & Bruce Jones
Arms: "Or a lion rampant within a bordure azure,"
Crest: " A lion rampant azure holding a shield or within a carved bordure."
| The Coat of Arms |
| With thanks to Viv & Bruce Jones |
| This
second most popular name in the UK ~ borne by some 200,000 families, plus
an estimated 400,000 in the USA and British Commonwealth ~ means "son
of John" and is predominantly Welsh in origin, although now widespread
Jones is from the Welsh "loan" ~ the word for John in the Welsh
Authorised Version of the Bible ~ and John itself became a leading christian
name in the early 1300's. Arms: "Or a lion rampant within a bordure azure," Crest: " A lion rampant azure holding a shield or within a carved bordure." |