bacons

Bacons is the plural form of the English surname Bacon. The name is of medieval origin and is typically linked to an English or Norman-French root. Many historians associate the surname with an occupational nickname for someone who kept pigs or dealt with pork, while others suggest a toponymic origin from a place name. The name appears in English records from the high Middle Ages and spread to other parts of the English-speaking world through migration and colonization.

Notable individuals with the surname Bacon include Roger Bacon, a 13th-century English philosopher and scientist; Francis Bacon, a 16th–17th-century English philosopher, statesman, and essayist; Nathaniel Bacon, a 17th-century Virginia planter and leader of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676; Kevin Bacon, an American actor; and Michael Bacon, an American composer and musician who co-founded the musical duo the Bacon Brothers.

The plural form Bacons is used in English-language contexts to refer to any group of people bearing the surname. Today, Bacons may be found chiefly in the United Kingdom, the United States, and other English-speaking countries, reflecting historical migration patterns. As a surname, it carries no official meaning beyond its historical associations with family lineage.