French: from a diminutive of fontane ‘spring’, ‘fountain’.
Written Fonteneau, Fonteneault in French Canada, this is
a secondary surname of Desmoulins, Dumoulin, frequently
found in English as Miller. Fontenot is common in LA.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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