About the Fontaine surname
The surname Fontaine has a primarily toponymic formation. The surname probably refers to a fountain or spring and may originally have identified a person by place of residence or origin. This formation belongs to the broad group of surnames connected with a place or geographic feature. Families bearing the same surname may nevertheless come from different places when more than one locality produced a similar name.
Pronunciation:
Fon-tèn/fɔ̃tɛn/