Fond meaning | Last name Fond origin

Fond is a form of the Laville. French "the Town."

Family name is a form of Devall. See Devoll - The pedigree of Devoll, Devall, etc., direct from Satan. By way of salvo, however, Scholars admit that Devoll may possibly be diminutives of "dove".

The lastname is the variant form of Darvell. A estate near Battle, county of Sussex.

Fond is a variation of the Davidge. See David - Though of ancient standing in Wales, this Christian name scarcely appears in England before the Conquest. Modified in various forms it has since produced many family names, some of which are among the commonest in use, as Davids, Davidson, Davidge—Davey, Davy, Davie—Davies, Davis, Daviss, Daves, Davison. From Daw, the nickname, come Dawe, Dawes, Daws, Dawson, Dawkes, Dawkins, Dawkinson, and from another form of the nickname, according to Camden, we get Day, Dayes, Dayson, and Dakin.

Fond is variant form of the Devil. This surname occurs in many languages; but the only instance of it which in England is that of the monk, Willelmus cognomento Diabolus. The French De Ville, naturalized amongst us, has often been misunderstood to be the synonym of Satan, and various vowel changes have been made by the bearers of it to avoid this very objectionable notion. Hence it is commonly written Divall, Divoll, Devall, etc., while in records Devol, Devile, Deyvil, etc., are found.

A variant form of Divoll. See Devil and Devoll - This surname occurs in many languages; but the only instance of it which in England is that of the monk, Willelmus cognomento Diabolus. The French De Ville, naturalized amongst us, has often been misunderstood to be the synonym of Satan, and various vowel changes have been made by the bearers of it to avoid this very objectionable notion. Hence it is commonly written Divall, Divoll, Devall, etc., while in records Devol, Devile, Deyvil, etc., are found.

Is a variant form of Evil. See Eyvile - The name with the prefix de occurs in the Hundred Rolls. It is doubtless derived from Normandy or France. A crasis of the preposition and the noun produce Devil.

The surname is variant of Found. This name was given to a foundling at Doncaster not many generations since. The corresponding name Inventus formerly existed there.